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Giant Fish and Happiness: Finding Peace, True Love, and Surrender Amidst the Gales of Life
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ISBN13: 9798234047007
Publisher: Desmond O'Sullivan
Published: May 4 2026
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Desmond O'Sullivan
Published: May 4 2026
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This book is the story of a captain - humbled by adversity, near-death experiences, health battles, and grief, yet guided through it all by a force far greater than what his mind could understand.
This book is about a force that, when you trust it, leads you to exactly where you are meant to be.
It started as a boyhood dream - a kid on the Long Island shore who felt more at home on the water than anywhere else, chasing fish while the world told him to chase something more practical. He listened to his heart instead.
This book is about a force that, when you trust it, leads you to exactly where you are meant to be.
It started as a boyhood dream - a kid on the Long Island shore who felt more at home on the water than anywhere else, chasing fish while the world told him to chase something more practical. He listened to his heart instead.
Desmond O'Sullivan built the Celtic Quest Fishing Fleet from that dream, and today it takes thousands of people fishing each and every year. But Giant Fish and Happiness isn't just the story behind the fleet. It is part coming-of-age story, part love story - a memoir for anyone who's ever wondered whether there's a better way to live, and suspected the answer was already there, in the wisdom of your own heart's calling.
Raw, vivid, and deeply personal, this book is a reminder that the moments you didn't even realize mattered - the simple ones, the quiet ones - are actually what matters most.
Raw, vivid, and deeply personal, this book is a reminder that the moments you didn't even realize mattered - the simple ones, the quiet ones - are actually what matters most.
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