Four Mums in a Boat: Friends Who Rowed 3000 Miles, Broke a World Record and Learnt a Lot About Life Along the Way

Benaddi, Janette

ISBN 10: 0008214808 / ISBN 13: 9780008214807

Published by HQ, 2017

About this Item

Near fine condition. HQ, 2017. First UK edition-first printing (1). Black hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, small dent on the edges of the cover) with Dj (two small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with colour photos. Nice and clean pages as new with a small ink mark on the outer edges, small crease on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book. 296pp. Price un-clipped.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Four Mums in a Boat: Friends Who Rowed 3000 Miles, Broke a World Record and Learnt a Lot About Life Along the Way
• Publisher: HQ
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0008214808
• ISBN 13: 9780008214807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First UK edition-first printing.
• Condition: Near fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biographies & Memoirs

About this title

Synopsis

The incredible true story of four ordinary working mums from Yorkshire who took on an extraordinary challenge and broke a world record along the way.

Janette, Frances, Helen and Niki, though all from Yorkshire, were four very different women, all juggling full time jobs alongside being mothers to each of their 2 children. They could never be described as athletes, but they were determined to be busy and the local Saturday morning rowing club was the perfect place to go to have a laugh and a gossip, get the blood pumping in the open air, and feel invigorated.

Brought together by their love of rowing, they quickly became firm friends, and it wasn’t long before they cooked up a crazy idea over a few glasses of wine: together, they were going to do something that fewer people than had gone into space or climbed Everest had succeeded in doing. They were going to cross 3,000 miles of treacherous ocean in the toughest row in the world, The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.

Yes, they had children and husbands that they would be leaving behind for two months, yes they had businesses to run, mortgages to pay, responsibilities. And there was that little thing of them all being in their 40s and 50s.

But two years of planning, preparation, fundraising, training and difficult conversations later, and they found themselves standing on the edge of the San Sebastian harbour in the Canary Islands, petrified, exhilarated and ready to head up the race of their lives.

This is the story of how four friends together had the audacity to go on a wild, terrifying and beautiful adventure, not to escape life, but for life not to escape them.

About the Author

A group of four working mums from Yorkshire made history and achieved their dreams, by crossing the Atlantic in 67 days and picking up a world record: the oldest women to row any ocean, all to raise money for charity and inspire others. The rowers: Janette Benaddi is a 52-year-old business woman from Leeds. She is married with two children and lives in North Yorkshire. Helen Butters is an NHS Communications expert from Cawood, in North Yorkshire. She is 46 years old, married with two children and lives in North Yorkshire. Frances Davies is a solicitor in Leeds and runs her own law firm. She is 48 years old, married with two sons and lives in York. Niki Doeg is a business owner and qualified rugby coach. She is 46 years old and lives in York with her husband and their two sons.