Cover of Taking on the World

Book 2003

Taking on the World

3 readers

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Published
2003
  • Biography
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • Nonfiction
  • Sailing, Single-handed
  • Sports & Recreations
  • Vendee Globe (Yacht race)
  • Voyages around the world
  • Women sailors

When Ellen finished the Vendee Globe, yachting's toughest race aged just 24 the nation took her to it's heart. The depth of the affection for Ellen is extraordinary - she makes people feel like they can do anything!This is her story, written intrue Ellen style, in her own words, without the help of a ghost writer.Passionate, dramatic and and deeply affecting, her story will move and inspire all who read it.