The teenage girl who sailed from Marina del Rey to the Indian Ocean is co-writing her story with Lynn Vincent, who also ghosted Sarah Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue, An American Life." Sunderland's book is to be called "Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas," and won't be be released until April, according to her mother. But Amazon is taking orders now.
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