{"product_id":"child-of-the-sea","title":"Child of the Sea - Book","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\"\u003eIn 1975 Doina Cornell left England with her family when she was only seven and spent the next six years sailing around the world on a small yacht. The author has drawn on her memories, diaries and stories, to re-create the perfect life led by a sailing child: swimming, diving and playing the days away in deserted anchorages; visiting some of the most beautiful islands in the world; falling in love with the sea in all its ever-changing moods, from balmy trade wind ocean passages to the treacherous breakers that crash onto tropical reefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\"\u003eAnd yet, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChild of the Sea\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is much more than this. The book tells the story of a girl’s coming of age in the South Pacific where girls are treated like women at a much earlier age than in the western world, and all the awkwardness and confusion Doina feels as a result.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChild of the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is also about a child’s political education, as Doina’s journalist father searches out stories that take the family well off the sailors’ beaten track: digging out the African roots of Caribbean culture; or witnessing the end of Empire as the tiny Pacific nations of Tuvalu and Kiribati gain independence from Great Britain in colourful celebrations of feasting and dance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\"\u003eAnd finally, this is a story of how people judge each other depending on the colour of their skin, from the time on Easter island when tourists mistake Doina for a Polynesian girl, to her and her brother’s hostile reception back in an English school at the end of their voyage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChild of the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a vivid evocation of the sailing life, and should be read by anyone who would like to understand how it feels to spend years sailing the oceans on a 36 foot yacht. The book can be read as a simple story, in the clear language of a child, and nothing more. Or it can be read as a comment on what ingredients make for a perfect childhood, in these days when much ink is spilled on meditating that very question. What do children need to grow up happy and healthy? Security with their family; an element of risk and freedom to explore the world; openness to other peoples and cultures; a sense of the environment and our finite resources. The sailing life offers all these and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/follow-us\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"width: 100%; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/2198\/0149\/files\/jimmy-cornell.jpg?v=1794316633\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"pc-book-specs\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\/Distributor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cornell Sailing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2012\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780955639692\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cornell Sailing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67856670589173,"sku":"JCS002","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0829\/2198\/0149\/files\/JCS002_104.jpg?v=1793863052","url":"https:\/\/paracay.com\/products\/child-of-the-sea","provider":"Paradise Cay Publications, Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}