The Cure for Anything Is Salt Water: How I Threw My Life Overboard and Found Happiness at Sea - Softcover

"A fed-up publisher heads, via trawler, from Florida to Maine. It's fun going along for the ride."--People

"A worthwhile read for anyone stuck in the workaday rut."--Publishers Weekly

"Mary South had the guts to do what many of us would love to do--throw one life overboard and see what happens next. Her story is brave and inspiring."--Marianne Williamson, author of Illuminata

"Mary South's gutsy decision to follow her heart is truly inspiring. I admire her courageous spirit and the fortitude she exhibits in pursuing her own happiness."--Linda Greenlaw, bestselling author of The Hungry Ocean and The Lobster Chronicles

"Even if your idea of the open waters is a swim-up bar at the Ritz-Carlton, South's uncluttered style and hopeful prose is charming enough to make you happy to simply float peacefully along in its wake."--Salon.com

"Engaging and lovable...Find a nice high chair and stand on it, applauding the existence of a writer and person like Mary South."--George Saunders, author of In Persuastion Nation, Pastoralia, and CivilWarLand in Bad Decline

"Mary South's courage and amazing sense of adventure is proof that if you allow your strength to come out, nothing can stop you. Her book is a must for all women!"--Diane Von Furstenberg, author of Diane: A Signature Life

Even if your idea of the open waters is a swim-up bar at the Ritz-Carlton, South s uncluttered style and hopeful prose is charming enough to make you happy to simply float peacefully along in its wake. --Salon.com"

A fed-up publisher heads, via trawler, from Florida to Maine. It s fun going along for the ride. --People"

A worthwhile read for anyone stuck in the workaday rut. --Publishers Weekly"

Describes the author's decision at the age of forty to trade in her lackluster existence for a life on the open seas aboard a fishing trawler, an effort during which she was accompanied by a contrary companion and her beloved Jack Russell terriers. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.