{"product_id":"breaking-seas-glenn-damato-9780985816209","title":"Breaking Seas: An overweight, middle-aged computer nerd buys his first boat, quits his job, and sails off to adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003eFROM THE KIRKUS REVIEW: \u003ci\u003e\"As a writer, Damato makes his rehabilitation of the craft surprisingly interesting . . . his pithy prose keeps the story speeding along.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo you have a dream to pursue but everyone says it's unrealistic? Or that you're not qualified? Too old, too out of shape? Or you don't have the \"right experience?\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlenn Damato was a forty-one year old software instructor who sought to exceed the bounds of his comfortable but humdrum existence. He embarked on an adventure for which he was miserably unprepared. Why do this? The goal was to become something he was not.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \"something\" Damato strived to become was an ocean sailing skipper. Overweight and without boating experience of any kind, he decided to pursue his lifelong dream of sailing around the world on his own vessel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReckless? Dangerous? Idiotic? Call it what you will, Damato was determined to make the voyage a reality despite the obstacles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuddenly without the familiar security of his previous life, Damato was forced to conquer his anxieties while at the same time surviving the hazards and challenges of offshore sailing. As his experience and confidence mounts, he discovers he has indeed undergone a personal transformation - one quite different than he originally hoped, and in some ways worthier than he imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBreaking Seas\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of ocean voyaging, but it's not just about sailing: the all-encompassing themes are rejection and disappointment - and our common human quest to get the most out of life despite being born into an imperfect universe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart sailing adventure, part philosophical pilgrimage, \u003ci\u003eBreaking Seas\u003c\/i\u003e is for everyone who's ever wanted to embark on an enterprise of some kind despite not meeting society's expected \"qualifications.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This is a story about our desire to be elsewhere, reborn and enhanced, because here and now are not enough,\"\u003c\/i\u003e says Damato. \u003ci\u003e\"But don't expect a sugar-coated fairy tale with just what you want to hear. I promise you an honest story truthfully told.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glenn Damato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0985816201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780985816209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ninth Circle Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/18\/2013","brand":"Glenn Damato","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43927062905087,"sku":"9780985816209","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3312f633-03f3-451e-b213-6d9bba50b9b2.jpg?v=1681086606","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/breaking-seas-glenn-damato-9780985816209","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}