Facing it - Softcover

Valerie, Ang

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190651075X ISBN 13: 9781906510756

Publisher: Matador, 2009

Synopsis

Loosely based on the Global Challenge yacht race, this title presents a fictional account of personal development, conflict, and adventure.

About this title

Synopsis:

Roger is a courageous, inspirational sailing hero who sells adventures as package tours. It's a very competitive market and by 2018 he's struggling to find punters wanting to sail 'the wrong way round' the world in his yacht. A recent tragic disease has led to many people undergoing face transplants and, convinced that Southern Ocean rapture will soothe them, Roger decides to select a crew from amongst them.Building a solid and reliable team from a group of disparate strangers is difficult enough; it's going to be even harder with the likes of Myra, who lost an eye in a drunken brawl, Kasmira, rescued after being trafficked, and Alan, a reluctant counsellor who will also help to skipper the boat. Between the endurance and the delights of a long sea voyage the crew's individual traumas will subside and they will inevitably but reluctantly reassess themselves, especially given the degree of splendid isolation. Their new-found self confidence and mutual trust will be qualities that Roger may well come to depend on, when it's their turn to help him...

About the Author:

Valerie Angel's first poem won a prize; her first play was bought by the BBC. She has had amateur success at South London Theatre and Leicestershire Playwrights and was the oldest woman to sail windward around the world in the first Global Challenge. She has worked in Hong Kong, Poland, Spain and Sri Lanka and is now happily retired in the mountains of Portugal.

About this edition

• Publisher: Matador
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 190651075X
• ISBN 13: 9781906510756
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204