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Arirang
The Bamboo Connection
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 Sail aboard the yacht, Obsession, facing:
"A wall of water… barely visible through the port … as the boat pitches and rolls. The roar of the wind and the endless grinding of the engines … one continuous groan against the pounding of the sea.… any attempt to rise brings on waves of nausea … The cupboard door suddenly flies open, turning hours of careful stowing into flying missiles that continue to roll around the sole... Tears of helplessness stream down my cheeks. "Dear God, " I pray, "Will this nightmare ever end?" |
Arirang: The Bamboo Connection by D. K. Christi
Remember the dreams you had as a young child? Did you believe you could be anyone or anything? Melani had those dreams, but life's little hazards changed her direction many times. Each change opens a new book, each one escaping the current trauma.
Melani discovers that life is what happens while she plans for something else. Your own life unfolds as D.K. Christi's Melani shares her very personal story of ecstasy and agony.
You will decide whether the ecstasy is worth the agony on the emotional roller coaster of a forbidden love, born in the romance of Asia; aboard Obsession, a 67 foot blue water ketch rigged sailboat; in terror during six months alone on the yacht; and then, through the real terror of approaching old age.
D. K. Christi gives readers nearly 500 pages of a life unraveling and then being sewn up again. The fascination of this story is its reality and its fantasy. You will check your passport because you are certain you are on her voyage.
The background for Arirang: The Bamboo Connection includes intimate descriptions of locations in France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Denmark, The British Isles, Bahrain, Egypt, S. Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, The Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands, The Commonwealth of the Bahamas, The Turks and Caicos, Idaho, Oregon, California, Michigan, Florida, Washington, D.C. and points in between. You may recognize your own community and your own experiences as you accompany Melani. Welcome aboard.
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