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003			OCoLC
005			20210629111322.0
008			201211s2021 mau b 000 0deng
010			_a 2020054421
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dJBZ _dOCLCA _dNFG
020			_a9781567926972 _q(hardback)
020			_a1567926975
035			_a(OCoLC)1227790449
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043			_ae-no---
092			_a910.9163 _bK98
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aKwak, Chaney, _d1979- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe passenger : _bhow a travel writer learned to love cruises & other lies from a sinking ship / _cChaney Kwak.
264		1	_aBoston : _bGodine, _c2021.
300			_a157 pages ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"In March 2019, the Viking Sky cruise ship was struck by a bomb cyclone in the Arctic Sea. Rocked by 50-foot swells and 40-knot gales, the ship lost power and began to drift straight toward the notoriously dangerous Hustadvika coast in Norway. This is the suspenseful, harrowing, funny, touching story by one passenger who contemplated death aboard that ship. Chaney Kwak is a travel writer used to all sorts of mishaps on the road, but this is a first even for him: trapped on the battered cruise ship, he stuffs his passport into his underwear just in case his body has to be identified. As the massive cruise ship sways in surging waves, Kwak holds on and watches news of the impending disaster unfold on Twitter, where the cruise ship's nearly 1,400 passengers are showered with "thoughts and prayers." More Cheryl Strayed than Jon Krakauer, Kwak uses his twenty-seven hours aboard the teetering ship to examine his family history, maritime tragedies, and the failing relationship back on shore with a man he's loved for nearly two decades: the Viking Sky, he realizes, may not be the only sinking ship he needs to escape. The Passenger takes readers for an unforgettable journey from the Norwegian coast to the South China Sea, from post-WWII Korea to pandemic-struck San Francisco. Kwak weaves his personal experience into events spanning decades and continents to explore the serendipity and relationships that move humans-perfect for readers who love to discover the world through the eyes of a perceptive and humorous observer"-- _cProvided by publisher.
610	2	0	_aViking Sky (Ship)
650		0	_aShipwrecks _zNorway.
600	1	0	_aKwak, Chaney, _d1979- _xTravel.
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