My Life and Journey. The incredible story of the greatest sportswoman of the decade, described in the Observer newspaper as the 'first true heroine of the 21st century'. In October 2009, Ellen MacArthur announced her retirement from competitive sailing. She had found an even tougher challenge than sailing around the world. Now she is ready to tell the story of her incredible last ten years, including the 2005 fateful trip to South Georgia which changed her life and made her decide to focus all her energy and ambition to fight for a better planet. This is a frank, dramatic and emotional follow-up to the bestselling 'Taking on the World'.