Love With a Chance of Drowning: A Memoir; Library Edition

from howifeelaboutbooks

I read this book cover to cover (err, pixel to pixel?) on a flight from London to Boston, with hours to spare. Once you start, you won't be able to put it down. DeRoche's writing feels like you're talking to her directly - a conversational tone with beautiful language. She writes honestly about f...

from kaitanya64

This was a fun light read. Torre DeRoche travels to the US from her home in Australia, promising her parents and sisters that she won't fall in love with an American and she will come home in one year. But what is she to do when a handsome Argentinian man sweeps her of her feet and asks her to co...

from shelleyraec

"Some people die of old age without ever having lived their dreams. Some people die without ever having loved. That's tragic. We'll both die someday, that's a guarantee. If something happens on the ocean, we'll die as two people in love who are living a remarkable adventure..." Torre DeRoche plan...

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Charming account of a woman who meets a handsome stranger in a bar and, just a few months later, embarks on trans-Pacific ocean voyage with him in a small boat. Despite all the things that could go wrong (several of which, in fact, do), things seem to work out more or less in the end. The author ...

from shelleyraec

"Some people die of old age without ever having lived their dreams. Some people die without ever having loved. That's tragic. We'll both die someday, that's a guarantee. If something happens on the ocean, we'll die as two people in love who are living a remarkable adventure..." Torre DeRoche plan...