Swept:: Love with a Chance of Drowning

By Torre DeRoche

Book Overview

New love. Exotic destinations.
A once-in-a-lifetime adventure.
What could go wrong?

City girl Torre DeRoche isn't looking for love, but a chance encounter in a San Francisco bar sparks an instant connection with a soulful Argentinean man who unexpectedly sweeps her off her feet. The problem? He's just about to cast the dock lines and voyage around the world on his small sailboat, and Torre is terrified of deep water. However, lovesick Torre determines that to keep the man of her dreams, she must embark on the voyage of her nightmares, so she waves good-bye to dry land and braces for a life-changing journey that's as exhilarating as it is terrifying.

Somewhere mid-Pacific, she finds herself battling to keep the old boat, the new relationship, and her floundering sanity afloat. . . .

This sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, and always poignant memoir is set against a backdrop of the world's most beautiful and remote destinations. Equal parts love story and travel memoir, Love with a Chance of Drowning is witty, charming, and proof positive that there are some risks worth taking.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401341950
• ISBN13: 9781401341954
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Hyperion - Acquired Assets
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

Love with a Chance of Drowning is a funny nonfiction book

What an interesting adventure on the open sea! As someone who gets queasy on little boats, I found it fascinating to read about the poor author traveling with her boyfriend on his repaired boat around the world.

Great book..Great Story!

I couldn't put this book down. Well written and a wonderful memoir! I love the way Torre writes---it felt like I was there. I have referred this book to many of my friends!