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When 21-year-old Oli sets sail from Australia she embarks on a trip that will open her eyes to life's possibilities. Some years later, fluent in the language of the ocean, she is the only female crew member on-board a yacht delivery to New Zealand. There, in the darkness below deck, she learns...

Wie eine junge Frau auf dem Ozean Glück und Grauen findet: Ein wilder, aufwühlender, sprachgewaltiger Roman, der von den Graubereichen des Konsenses und von Schmerz handelt, aber auch von Abenteuer, Freundschaft und atemberaubender Natur. Als die 21-jährige Olivia den väterlichen Segler Max und seine Freundin Maggie kennenlernt und sich für eine Schiffsreise mit den beiden entscheidet, bedeutet dies einen unerwarteten Wendepunkt in ihrem Leben; die Magie des Meeres lässt sie nicht mehr los.

Ben and Grace Walker are twins. Growing up in a sleepy coastal town, it was inevitable they'd surf. Always close, they hung out more than most brothers and sisters, surfing together for hours as the sun melted into the sea. At 17, Ben is a rising surf star, the golden son and the boy all the girls fall in love with. Beside him, Grace feels like she is a mere reflection of his light. In their last year of school, the world beckons, full of possibility. For Grace, finishing exams and kissing Harley Matthews is just the beginning.

From a talented emerging writer comes a brave, honest, unforgettable memoir about mental illness, which breaks the silence and shatters the taboos to give hope to all those struggling to find their way through. One day Sophie Hardcastle realised the joy she’d always known had disappeared. She was constantly tired, with no energy, no motivation and no sense of enjoyment for surfing, friends, conversations, movies, parties, family - for anything. Her hours became empty.

We choose to breathe, don’t we? Twenty-one-year-old Olivia hears the world in colour, but her life is mottled grey. Estranged from her parents, and living with her grandfather who is drowning in sadness, Oli faces the reality of life beyond university alone. When she wakes on a boat with no...