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Liesbet Collaert's debut memoir, Plunge: One Woman's Pursuit of a Life Less Ordinary, is one of those books I couldn't wait to read. Who hasn’t wanted to be a wanderer, go wherever life led them, bravely face new adventures with courage and aplomb, make new friends in dozens of countries, and conquer crises as though it were easy. Me, I think 'wandering' is part of man's DNA. There's a reason we are the only species that inhabits every corner of the planet. The issue: Most of us think living req
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This memoir has it all - adventure, romance, fascinating characters, and travel!
The author takes us on a riveting tale of her life as a nomad, exploring the world from a sailboat and embracing the highs and lows of life at sea. This memoir will appeal to all sorts of readers, not just sailors, because, ultimately, it's a story about the choices one woman makes in search of love, fulfillment, and happiness - choices many of us can relate to.
For me, what sets this memoir apart is its unflinching ...more
The author takes us on a riveting tale of her life as a nomad, exploring the world from a sailboat and embracing the highs and lows of life at sea. This memoir will appeal to all sorts of readers, not just sailors, because, ultimately, it's a story about the choices one woman makes in search of love, fulfillment, and happiness - choices many of us can relate to.
For me, what sets this memoir apart is its unflinching ...more

This was a fun but challenging book for me to read. Never the avid reader of nonfiction, I found this memoir very approachable and would definitely read more from this author. The reason this book was such a challenge for me was due to the authenticity of it. It is difficult not to become overwhelmed by emotional and personal judgments when reading the imitate details of someone’s life. Because you know it’s a true story, you can’t write certain things off as shock value or drama inducing, it’s
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Liesbet’s memoir begins with an exceptional decision: At seventeen, she leaves her family in Belgium to travel the world. Along the way, she falls in love and winds up living on a boat to explore the tropics and beyond.
This intriguing memoir is filled with a sense of adventure, happily recreating what life is like 24/7 on a catamaran, complete with dogs, loving partner, flying fish, dolphins, and visits from friends in the boating community.
Storms challenge Liesbet and Mark, for not every day ...more
This intriguing memoir is filled with a sense of adventure, happily recreating what life is like 24/7 on a catamaran, complete with dogs, loving partner, flying fish, dolphins, and visits from friends in the boating community.
Storms challenge Liesbet and Mark, for not every day ...more

Well-written. Love the cover!
At one point, I wanted to slap some sense into the Homeland Security guy who wanted to keep Liesbet out of the USA. I also love the dogs, Kali and Darwin. I might like them more than Mark, but that might have more to do with what happened in Central America than with him personally. Though, of course, taking his frustrations out on Liesbet instead of getting help isn’t counting in his favour. I think the wedding was as much as a surprise to Liesbet as to the reader. ...more
At one point, I wanted to slap some sense into the Homeland Security guy who wanted to keep Liesbet out of the USA. I also love the dogs, Kali and Darwin. I might like them more than Mark, but that might have more to do with what happened in Central America than with him personally. Though, of course, taking his frustrations out on Liesbet instead of getting help isn’t counting in his favour. I think the wedding was as much as a surprise to Liesbet as to the reader. ...more

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