220, 000 copies sold in hardback. Potentially, one of the biggest biography/ sport books of the year. Ellen MacArthur is one of the of the most popular figures to emerge in British sport in the last few years. Competing in the 2003 Jules Verne race - publicity guaranteed. "You don't need to be a sailor to find it inspiring. The lesson of this endearingly honest book is that anything is possible if you put your heart and soul into achieving it" "Independent".