Bloomsbury | Barcode: 9781472928320

Untie the Lines

Setting Sail and Breaking Free

Author:	Emma Bamford
Edition:	2016
Format:	Paperback
Size:	198 x 129 mm
Note:	Printed on demand with a 2-3 week lead time

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A Story of Escape, Sailing, and Self-Discovery

A compelling memoir of adventure, love, and the challenges of balancing freedom with reality, from journalist Emma Bamford.

Former stressed-out city girl and journalist Emma is living the dream. She's in Malaysia, living on a yacht with handsome traveller Guy, and together they have plans to explore the world's most remote and exotic places. Alright, so she has to ignore the niggling doubt that things didn't quite work out the last time she went to stay with a stranger on his boat in Asia, but she's quietly confident that this time things will be different.

She and Guy are literally sailing into the sunset together. Adventures in Asia, America and the Caribbean beckon. Life, free from the rat race and nine-to-five grind, couldn't be more perfect. Or could it?

Eventually forced to return to London, to her old, crippling, fast-paced world, Emma finds herself struggling with anxiety and panic attacks and losing the battle between head and heart. Running, or sailing, away is just not an option any more.

Untie the Lines, the sequel to Casting Off, is a beautifully written, often funny, story for those who dream of escape, adventure and an unshackled life. But it is also a deeply moving tale about recognising the need to be true to yourself, and to live a balanced life – for without balance, we fall.

About the Author

Emma Bamford is an author and journalist. She has worked at The Independent and the Daily Express and is currently Deputy Editor of Sailing Today magazine.

Praise for Untie the Lines

"Untie the Lines really describes a world I’ll never see but can feel I know a bit about now. I can even smell the places and feel the humidity. Well written and insightful. I really loved it."

– Katie Fforde

"Gives an emotionally honest account of the actual practicalities of living the 'dream' as she yachts through Asia, America and the Caribbean."

– Wanderlust

"Get inspired on your stuffy commute. Did someone say P45?"

– Marie Claire

"Plenty of escapism."

– World of Cruising