A young woman, in the way of those who are fearless (because they don't know any better, I having been one so I know whereof I speak), takes a perilous journey in the company of a crew who are very obviously not seaworthy. Miraculously, she survives; and it's all TRUE.
From the Library Journal - "Told so vividly that the reader nearly feels the sharks bumping the bottom of the dinghy."