SEAWORTHY: A SWORDBOAT CAPTAIN RETURNS TO THE SEA

SEAWORTHY: A SWORDBOAT CAPTAIN RETURNS TO THE SEA America's only female swordfish boat captain returns with this long- awaited follow-up to the bestselling The Hungry Ocean.After the exploits recounted in The Perfect Storm and The Hungry Ocean that made her a sensation, Linda Greenlaw took a ten- year hiatus from blue-water fishing. When an old friend offered her a captaincy on his swordboat, Greenlaw ditched her mounting bills and headed for the sea. Full of adventure and thought-provoking reflection, Seaworthy recounts her return to the beautiful and deadly Grand Banks -from the nuances of reading weather and the complexities of longline fishing to the surprise of landing in jail for crossing into Canadian waters. The result is both a wild ride and a memorable look at one woman's struggle to define her own limits.ABOUT THE AUTHOR:LINDA GREENLAW lives on Isle au Haut, Maine. She was featured in the book and film The Perfect Storm and in the Discovery Channel series Swords: Life on the Line. She has written three NY Times bestselling nonfiction books about life as a commercial fisherman and two mysteries. ISBN: 0-14-311956-7 publish date: 06/30/2011