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|title=Taking on the World

|author=Ellen MacArthur

|reviewer=Sue Magee

|summary=An inspirational account of Ellen MacArthur's life up to and including her coming second in the Vendee Globe round-the-world race. The emphasis is very much on sailing and there is not a great deal of substance about her personal life. It's not ghost-written but the style is mature and compelling.

|rating=4

|buy=Yes

|borrow=Yes

|pages=416

|publisher=Penguin Books Ltd

|date=June 2003

|isbn=0141006978

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"I've just read this marvellous book," said my friend "would you like to borrow it? It's Ellen MacArthur's autobiography". Her son had given her the book on Mother's Day. I could understand that. Her son's a sailor, although aircraft carriers are more his thing than single-handed ocean racers. I've no connection with the sea, or sailing, but I didn't like to refuse and the book came home with me.

You'll find her [http://www.ellenmacarthur.com/ website] interesting. It's even better when there's race on as there's the chance of live web-cam pictures.

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