From a windswept dock in the Chesapeake Bay, Lydia Bird sets out alone on a 5,000-mile voyage across the Atlantic and through the Mediterranean in her 42-foot sailboat, Sonnet. A physically grueling journey involving stormy seas and sleepless nights, it demanded not only sound nautical experience but quick wits, a level head, and a settled stomach. Her solitary odyssey becomes an emotionally complex and often painfully funny journey when Bird is joined, for portions of her passage, by three very different women: Monica, a ...
Read More
From a windswept dock in the Chesapeake Bay, Lydia Bird sets out alone on a 5,000-mile voyage across the Atlantic and through the Mediterranean in her 42-foot sailboat, Sonnet. A physically grueling journey involving stormy seas and sleepless nights, it demanded not only sound nautical experience but quick wits, a level head, and a settled stomach. Her solitary odyssey becomes an emotionally complex and often painfully funny journey when Bird is joined, for portions of her passage, by three very different women: Monica, a friend from the past; Eileen, whose husband - like her own - is posted to the U.S. Embassy in Sofia; and the intense and headstrong biologist Skyli. The waypoints of the voyage are vividly etched: the lush volcanic island of Faial, the struggling ex-Communist country of Bulgaria, Gibraltar, archaic Malta, and, most powerfully, southern Spain, home of the author's expatriate parents, where she grapples with lifelong family conflicts and her father's failing health. A daughter's role as an adult in her parents' lives; a wife's role in her husband's world of diplomacy; the meaning of friendship - Lydia Bird explores her themes with fierce honesty, finding her place on the globe as she traces a tumultuous wake along its surface.
Read Less
Add this copy of Sonnet: One Woman's Voyage From Maryland to Greece to cart. $1.33, good condition, Sold by Once Upon A Time Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tontitown, AR, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by North Point Pr.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good in good dust jacket. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear.
Add this copy of Sonnet: One Woman's Voyage From Maryland to Greece to cart. $2.99, good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by North Point Pr.
Add this copy of Sonnet: One Woman's Voyage From Maryland to Greece to cart. $3.24, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Ruby rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by North Point Pr.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
Add this copy of Sonnet: One Woman's Voyage from Maryland to Greece to cart. $4.98, very good condition, Sold by Book Ends rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Blacksburg, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by North Point Press.
Add this copy of Sonnet: One Woman's Voyage From Maryland to Greece to cart. $18.95, like new condition, Sold by Judith Patton rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Burlington, ON, CANADA, published 1997 by North Point Press.
Add this copy of Sonnet: One Woman's Voyage From Maryland to Greece to cart. $19.00, like new condition, Sold by Brian Bauld (B-Line Books) rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Amherst, NS, CANADA, published 1997 by North Point Press.
Add this copy of Sonnet: One Woman's Voyage from Maryland to Greece to cart. $24.95, very good condition, Sold by MostlySignedBooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by North Point Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very good in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. SIGNED and inscribed 'To Patti, fellow Alamedan, best' by the author on the half-title page. Stated 1st edition, no numberline (1st printing). Dust jacket is fine. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 265 p. Lecture Notes in Computer Sci; 1217. Audience: General/trade. Book has a small dent in the bottom of the front board and mild dusting to the edges of pageblock. Remainder dot. The story of a 5000-mile solo voyage in a 42-foot sailboat. She is the author of 'While You Were Drinking' and 'Ezekiel: A Memoir of Families'. Uncommon signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
Add this copy of Sonnet: One Woman's Voyage From Maryland to Greece to cart. $30.70, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by North Point Pr.
Add this copy of Sonnet: One Woman's Voyage From Maryland to Greece to cart. $34.50, like new condition, Sold by Maxwell Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Port Hadlock, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s) White boards w gilt compass rose on cover, 265pp, dustjacket in mylar cover. SIGNED by AUTHOR on false-title page. Small corner crease on rear dustjacket fold-over.
Add this copy of Sonnet: One Woman's Voyage From Maryland to Greece to cart. $69.32, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by North Point Pr.
