Four Mums in a Boat - Friends who rowed 3000 miles, broke a world record learnt a lot

A TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 The incredible true story of four ordinary working mums from Yorkshire who took on an extraordinary challenge and broke a world record along the way. Janette, Frances, Helen and Niki, though all from Yorkshire, were four very different women, all juggling full time jobs alongside being mothers to each of their 2 children. They could never be described as athletes, but they were determined to be busy and the local Saturday morning rowing club was the perfect place to go to have a laugh and a gossip, get the blood pumping in the open air, and feel invigorated. Brought together by their love of rowing, they quickly became firm friends, and it wasn''t long before they cooked up a crazy idea over a few glasses of wine: together, they were going to do something that fewer people than had gone into space or climbed Everest had succeeded in doing. They were going to cross 3,000 miles of treacherous ocean in the toughest row in the world, The Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. Yes, they had children and husbands that they would be leaving behind for two months, yes they had businesses to run, mortgages to pay, responsibilities. And there was that little thing of them all being in their 40s and 50s. But two years of planning, preparation, fundraising, training and difficult conversations later, and they found themselves standing on the edge of the San Sebastian harbour in the Canary Islands, petrified, exhilarated and ready to head up the race of their lives. This is the story of how four friends together had the audacity to go on a wild, terrifying and beautiful adventure, not to escape life, but for life not to escape them. ...

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'We're so impressed, what an incredible experience and a great achievement.'
ITV This Morning
'They raced into the record books, and the hearts of many people inspired by the story of four ordinary women who proved that anything is possible.'
BBC Breakfast
'The legacy of their adventure will be felt by thousands of people across Yorkshire in years to come.'
Yorkshire Post

Product details

• Authors: Janette Benaddi, Janette Butters Benaddi, Benaddi Janette, Helen Butters, Butters Helen, Davi, Frances Davies, Davies Frances, Niki Doeg, Doeg Niki
• Publisher: Harlequin (UK)
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 22.02.2018
• EAN: 9780008214845
• ISBN: 978-0-00-821484-5
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Fiction > Narrative literature > Novel-like biographies; Guides > Spirituality > Esoterics; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, Yorkshire, Rowing, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Rowing and sculling, SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Rowing