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 enlarge | Author: Ann Vanderhoof
Publisher: Broadway
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 23423
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0767914279
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9780767914277
ASIN: 0767914279
Publication Date: February 8, 2005
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 Travel to the Islands! April 27, 2008
Borrowed this book from the library and had to own it! The recipes and stories are amazing! This is a story we would all like to attempt! I would recommend to any island fans!!
An Embarrassment of Mangoes April 23, 2008
This is such a fun book -- travel log - receipes - adventures and sailing!
It makes you feel like to are on the journey with them, I only wish I could find more books by this author.
A Ballanced Account of the Cruising Lifestyle January 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Many dream of sailing off to points south, escaping the demands of urban life. In an Embarassment of Mangoes, Vanderhoof shows us it can be done as she chronicles her two year cruise from Toronto to Trinidad and back. Along the way she reminds us that cruising isn't a vacation it's a lifestyle, and as Vanderhoof describes it, a rich lifestyle.
Throughout the book Vanderhoof presents a balanced account of the joys, frustrations, fears, and tedium of life aboard a 40 foot sailboat. Along the way she provides glimpses of island culture and characters while examining her life as it slows down to island time, "jus' now." An added bonus are the regional recipes at the end of each chapter, be sure to try the Lobster Curry!
Engaging and easily read, Mangoes is a book about the why, not the how to go cruising. Excuse me, while I start packing!
Dave Lochner
NauticalReads
fun read September 6, 2007
This is a fun book. Among other things, it is the first book on a cruising trip that I have seen with recipes using local ingredients.
More than that though, Ms. Vanderhoof discusses her initial fears and concerns and her later comfort with sailing. All of us have initial fears to some degree, maybe especially if we start sailing as adults.
Also, there are funny and poignant stories. For example, her doctor noticed a lot of bruises on her body and asked her if her husband was beating her. The answer: No, we're just sailing. Her stories about her friends in Grenada are charming and revealing about life in Grenada.
 Now I want to sail a boat around the tropics for a year May 18, 2007
Not that I didn't before, but this book was detailed, warm, and made me want to follow the author's path. Unfortunately, some of the most intriguing things the author described are no longer there, but the potential for similar adventures is. I like the idea of giving a focus to your travels, as they do when they begin to explore the rum distilleries. And the recipes, while sometimes having difficult to procure ingredients, are intriguing and exotic.
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