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She was sailing directly into the eye of a storm. But fighting the challenges at sea was nothing compared with her complex personal struggles on an intense journey to find self-valuation. When life forces you to make choices, you might be shocked to learn what one woman will endure to survive. Living Life Sideways paints a vivid picture of the adventure of a lifetime (a year-long, worldwide sailing journey), coupled with the fight of a lifetime. It describes one sailor's odyssey to regain her sense of self when she realizes that her peace of mind is worth more than she could have ever imagined. In this deeply personal true story, the harsh effects of years of narcissistic abuse begin to take their toll as Michelle Segrest is broken down psychologically and emotionally-piece by piece-by her manipulative partner. She is forced to battle her inner demons as she struggles to rediscover her personal strength and resolve. You will feel her struggle between the exciting escape from the ordinary, the fascinating cultures and experiences of exotic destinations, the thrill of the voyage, and the toxic relationship that continues to unravel. Trapped inside the lonely darkness of depression and unsettling isolation, she must dig deep into her soul to find a way to save herself and her two devoted beagles, Cap'n Jack & Scout, and escape the clutches of the skipper's escalating rage. In terrifying and vivid detail, Michelle learns the hard way that the middle of the ocean is not the only place where split-second decisions can have deadly consequences. Experience this powerful account of a woman's attempt to overcome enormous obstacles. Segrest charts an epic journey that combines an individual's survival story with a fascinating sailing journal. And by sharing her deepest anxieties and raw experience of life on deck, you'll witness how her increasing nightmare turns into a soul-searching quest for meaning. Living Life Sideways is an intriguing, moving, and sometimes disturbing travel memoir that shows how one woman must find a way to navigate a confusing and chaotic battle between her own loyalty and the extreme betrayal she suffers at the hands of a menacing narcissist. If you like intensely personal narratives, ocean-going challenges, and brutally honest self-assessments, then you'll love Michelle Segrest's emotional storm. Buy Living Life Sideways to navigate treacherous waters today!

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"""This is a captivating, courageous -- and educational -- story of a journey much greater than a crossing of the Atlantic."" ""The author captures the beauty of the ocean, combined with its fierceness, its effects on the human body, the gorgeous beaches and exotic places one can only get to by boat. But intertwined with the sailing adventure itself is a real gut-wrenching story of the personal struggles of human relationships. This book series will keep you absorbed all the way through. You won't want to put it down! As a novel it would be fantastic, but to know every word of it is true will just grab your soul."" ""Life forces us to make choices. Michelle Segrest chose ""love and loyalty"" for a man over ""common sense."" This book offers the terrible cost of such a choice. This remarkable book is as much about gaining self-knowledge and self-mastery as it is about extreme sailing. This remarkable woman captures the experience of becoming 'captain of her soul' in terrifying and vivid detail."" ""If you bought the book expecting it to be a book about sailing, you might be disappointed. The real strength of the book is about relationships and perseverance, about the human spirit and overcoming life's challenges."" ""A close examination of the worst end of the spectrum of human interactions and forces us to critically examine how we interact with other people."" ""If you love to live adventure vicariously, then you will love this book. You can live the sailing life if you have never been on the waters. Realizing the beauty of the water but also the perils that come with being on the high seas! This is a beautiful read and let's you feel you are right there living it!"" ""The story is gripping. It is at times thrilling, and you'll be caught up in the excitement of encountering the rage of the ocean, its challenges to survival, or at other times the beautiful sea life that shows off and travels alongside. Simultaneously, this author tells of her personal life challenges sailing with a man who isn't who she thought he was, and her physical and emotional struggles of not only the sailing adventure itself, but also the personal ones with her sailing partner/captain. This is a fantastic book."" ""This is not a normal sailing adventure. It tells the story of love and high adventure aboard a bright orange sailboat that sadly becomes a prison. This was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime with a tough woman who powered through seasickness, but things go sideways. I won't spoil it all. But don't go into this thinking this is a stereotypical fight for survival in high seas. It's a different kind of fight for survival."""

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Michelle Segrest loves to tell a great story! A graduate of Auburn University, Michelle has spent more than three decades reporting about everything from sports to courts, lifestyles to business, politics to pastries, and technical to travel. In addition to creating content for her industry clients, Michelle also maintains two critically-acclaimed travel blogs. She chronicles her adventures sailing the world and writes about her worldwide travel adventures.In her spare time, she loves tennis, sailing, geocaching, traveling off the beaten path, true-crime podcasts, and enjoys books and movies from all genres. She hates mayonnaise and animals dressed in people clothes.

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