A Pearl in the Storm by Tori Murden McClure

Subtitle: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean -- What an amazing thing to try to accomplish.  She was going to row across the Atlantic Ocean in a small row boat taking the northern route.  It was not all fun and games.  There were days of good rowing and others of terrible storm after terrible storm.  She was physically, mentally, and emotionally beaten by the sea.  It was hard coming back and assimilating into everyday life.  It was a very gripping story that I read in one day.  The way that she described events and her emotions, you were right there with her.