Title: The Great Sailor - Catherine Poulain - book
Summary :
A woman dreamed of leaving.
To set sail.
After a long journey, she arrives in Kodiak, Alaska. She knows right away: there's a place for her on board one of those boats that go fishing for black cod, crab, and halibut. Sleeping on the ground, enduring the constant humidity and salt that eats away at the skin, the fatigue, the fear, the injuries...
It's the discovery of a harsh and tough existence, a frightening apprenticeship that must be passed through blood. And then there are the men. On land, she shares their life, as a comrade.
Hang out in bars.
Waiting to re-embark.
It is then that she meets the Great Sailor.