Save Me from the Waves: An adventure from sea to summit

By Jessica Hepburn, and and, Jessica Hepburn

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An adventure story – with a difference. From sea to summit. Features the voices of Emma Thompson, Rob Brydon, Marlene Dietrich, Tim Robbins, Stephen King, Maya Angelou and many more from Desert Island Discs.

‘A breathtaking adventure of a truly inspirational woman’ – Maxine Peake

Jessica Hepburn is an unlikely athlete – she was labelled the ‘arty’ not the ‘sporty’ one in school. She hates exercise and believes the only reason to do it is for food, booze and box-sets on the sofa. However, in her forties, following a succession of hard and sad life experiences she started to try and exercise her way out of heartbreak. She has now become one of the world’s most extraordinary endurance athletes. The first and only woman (currently) on the planet to have completed the ‘Sea, Street, Summit Challenge’ – which is to swim the English Channel, run the London Marathon and climb Mount Everest (which she calls Chomolungma – the mountain’s original Sherpa name). And possibly the only woman (although this can’t be officially certified) to have listened to eighty years and over 3,000 episodes of her favourite radio programme – Desert Island Discs.

Save Me from the Waves is an inspirational story of physical and mental endurance which starts on the streets of London and culminates on top of the world, fuelled by song. It explores the redemptive power of music and mountains. How family and friends can be lost and found in the most unusual places. And encourages everyone to live big and bravely when life doesn’t go to plan. Because sometimes we all need saving from the waves. And whether it’s high and far away or closer to home and in your head, an adventure will always change your life for the better.

Features audio clips from Desert Island Discs castaways, including: Jimmy Carr Clive James Kelly Holmes Paul Weller Kay Mellor Peter Bull Lin-Manuel Miranda Emma Thompson James Blades Alan Plater Alfred Wainwright Jo Brand Rob Brydon Gillian Clarke Lemn Sissay Tim Minchin Anne-Marie Duff  Christina Dodwell Marlene Dietrich Liz Lochhead Jilly Cooper Bill Morris Tim Robbins Robert Macfarlane Sue Townsend Jill Balcon Stephen King Alice Walker Kelsey Grammer Mervyn King Betty Driver Wangari Maathai Edna Adan Ismail Ali Smith Stella McCartney Penelope Wilton Simon Reeve Alicia Markova Edmund Hillary Winnie Byanyima Dave Brubeck Alan Titchmarsh Isabella Tree David Nott Richard Doll Ruth Westheimer Ruth Jones Marisa Robles Winston Graham David Mitchell Ruthie Henshall Sonita Alleyne Louis Armstrong Conrad Anker Akram Khan A. H. Halsey Amanda Khozi Mukwashi Helen Fielding Rose Hudson-Wilkin Nick Webbon Sheryl Sandberg Joe Simpson Maya Angelou  

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