{"product_id":"9781922182081","title":"A Mile Down","description":"Author: Vann, David\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922182081\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Feb 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWork so that you can keep working. It seemed a proposition that could easily end in suicide. Iwanted to escape this. I wanted to free myself from the working world and have time to write. AndI wanted adventure. \u003c\/i\u003eGrendel\u003ci\u003e could never free me, but this boat could.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e David Vann has loved boats all his life. So when his academic career seems to be stuck in thedoldrums, he leaps at the opportunity to start an educational charter business, teaching creativewriting workshops aboard a sailboat. But a trip to Turkey sees him dreaming bigger-and beforehe knows it, he is at the helm of his own ninety-foot boat, running charters along the Turkishcoast.\u003cbr\u003e And here his troubles begin. Sinking deep into debt, and encountering everything from a lostrudder to freak storms, Vann is on the verge of losing everything-including his life.\u003cbr\u003e Part high-seas adventure, part journey of self-discovery, \u003ci\u003eA Mile Down\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping andunforgettable story of struggle and redemption by a writer at the top of his game.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48150295117982,"sku":"UBD-9781922182081","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922182081.jpg?v=1786963944","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922182081","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}