Torre DeRoche leaves her family in Australia and travels to
the US for one year. She promised it
would only be a year and she wouldn’t fall in love with an American.
But then she meets Ivan, not an American but an Argentinean
young man, at a bar. He plans to set
sail on his boat with a goal of seeing many beautiful islands and lots of quiet
time. Torre must decide whether to join
the man she loves or say goodbye and head back to Australia to her family.
Love with a Chance of Drowning is a memoir, a true story of
Torre DeRoche’s life. Most of the story
takes place on Amazing Grace, Ivan’s boat.
There are many islands they visit.
The beautiful descriptions of these islands make you feel like you are
seeing them also. Torre also manages to
describe her fears and feelings while on this great adventure using all her
senses making the reader part of the story.
I found myself relating to Torre. From her fear of the ocean, to the lists that
she makes, I could relate to her. When
she started researching how to sail or how to store your ship and how to make
it sea worthy again, she latched on to a lot of the “bad things” that could
happen. I felt her fear. I wanted her to
back out and keep herself safe. But after
reading this novel I am so incredibly glad that she went. She faced her fears and became a much
stronger and ambitious person. It
changed her whole life, bother on the sea and on land.
This is a story of travel, love, and overcoming your
fears. I loved this book. I laughed, but mostly I dreamt of being on
the ocean and traveling as Torre and Ivan did.
I highly recommend this novel.
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