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Into the Rip - How the Australian Way of Risk Made My Family Braver, Happier ... and Less American

by Damien Cave
$9.90
Into the Rip - How the Australian Way of Risk Made My Family Braver, Happier ... and Less American
Into the Rip - How the Australian Way of Risk Made My Family Braver, Happier ... and Less American

Embracing risk through ocean's lessons and community.

"Into the Rip" could transform your perspective on risk and safety. Damien Cave's transition from living the quintessentially cautious American life to adopting Australia's communal and braver approach to danger is an immersive adventure. This book doesn't just chart a family's journey; it offers an enlightening examination of collective risk management, which could inspire you to reevaluate your own relationship with fear and safety. It's not just a memoir; it's a conversation starter on how societies can collectively navigate the tumultuous waves of life.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Into the Rip - How the Australian Way of Risk Made My Family Braver, Happier ... and Less American

by Damien Cave
$9.90
ISBN: 9781760857097
Authors: Damien Cave
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date of Publication: 2021-09-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Personal Development, Travel
Related Topics: Travelogue, Inspirational, Biography, Personal Development, Memoir, Autobiography
Goodreads rating: 3.92
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When Damien Cave brought his young family to Sydney to set up the New York Times' Australian Bureau, they encountered the local pursuits of Nippers and surfing - and a completely different approach to risk that changed the way they lived their lives. Damien Cave has always been fascinated by risk. Having covered the war in Iraq and moved to Mexico City with two babies in nappies, he and his wife Diana thought they understood something about the subject. But when they arrived in Sydney so that Cave could establish The New York Times's Australia Bureau, life near the ocean confronted them with new ideas and questions, at odds with their American mindset that risk was a matter of individual choices. Surf-lifesaving and Nippers showed that perhaps it could be managed together, by communities. And instead of being either eliminated or romanticised, it might instead be respected and even embraced. And so Cave set out to understand how our current attitude to risk developed - and why it's not necessarily good for us. Into the Rip is partly the story of this New York family learning to live better by living with the sea and it is partly the story of how humans manage the idea of risk. Interviewing experts and everyday heroes, Cave asks critical questions like: Is safety overrated? Why do we miscalculate risk so often and how can we improve? Is it selfish to take risks or can more exposure
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Embracing risk through ocean's lessons and community.

"Into the Rip" could transform your perspective on risk and safety. Damien Cave's transition from living the quintessentially cautious American life to adopting Australia's communal and braver approach to danger is an immersive adventure. This book doesn't just chart a family's journey; it offers an enlightening examination of collective risk management, which could inspire you to reevaluate your own relationship with fear and safety. It's not just a memoir; it's a conversation starter on how societies can collectively navigate the tumultuous waves of life.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.