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Wavewalker
- A Memoir of Breaking Free
- Narrated by: Suzanne Heywood
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
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Wavewalker
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Publisher's Summary
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023
Aged just seven, Suzanne Heywood set sail with her parents and brother on a three-year voyage around the world. What followed turned instead into a decade-long way of life, through storms, shipwrecks, reefs and isolation, with little formal schooling. No one else knew where they were most of the time and no state showed any interest in what was happening to the children.
Suzanne fought her parents, longing to return to England and to education and stability. This memoir covers her astonishing upbringing, a survival story of a child deprived of safety, friendships, schooling and occasionally drinking water… At seventeen Suzanne earned an interview at Oxford University and returned to the UK.
From the bestselling author of What Does Jeremy Think?, Wavewalker is the incredible true story of how the adventure of a lifetime became one child’s worst nightmare – and how her determination to educate herself enabled her to escape.
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What the critics say
‘Suzanne's memoir exposes, scene by scene, the bare reality behind the romantic notion of sailing round the world.’ Daily Mail
‘A jaw-dropping and thrilling real-life adventure on the high seas.’ Sarah Brown
‘This personal and powerful book is so great. What a journey – a hardcore one at times. I’m glad the compass has found its way home.’ Bear Grylls