Melanie Neale

Bluewater Walkabout Melanie Neale

****Visit http: //bit.ly/bluwvid to my watch book trailer**** How would your life change if you embarked upon a wild, family adventure? When Tina and her family embark upon a travel journey into Africa, she expects things to go smoothly, and yet events go horribly wrong. She becomes flabbergasted much of the time from the wild adventure that occurs during their travels. She's laughing and crying at the same time. An adventurous safari becomes perilous when wild animals threaten the family's safety. On down the road a thumb is sacrificed, the kids disappear on the water for a day, a bag of gold is lost, and more. Even great white sharks contribute to the chaos. The drama is hilarious at just the right moment. Events escalate when Tina's sons bring along two friends who upset the family balance on an adventurous journey around Africa and across the Atlantic Ocean. Mutiny seems imminent. Long periods of Tina's quiet reflection force hidden secrets to the surface: sexual assault, rape, guilt, and mental illness. She begins to heal and finds recovery from the memories when she witnesses women suffering from far worse dramas like poverty and war. Rogue waves and storms roll in and when Tina begins to deal with a mysterious health problem, the perils of life at sea become very real. Half running towards a dream, Tina met her husband and the two of them decided to live a life at sea. Unlike many people who move aboard and sail the world for a year or two, the Dreffin family never went back ashore. Tina Dreffin's debut memoir is a masterclass of adventure and travel, sure to please all lovers of funny, humorous travel, and journeys about healing and recovery.