Sarah Donohue has had a varied and quite frankly an exciting life. From a young age, she wanted to be a TV presenter. She attended the Oldham Theatre Workshop from age eleven, rubbing shoulders with those from Coronation Street and Mark Owen (Take That).

In her early twenties she moved to London looking to get her big break and turned to dance, from there she travelled the world, even having a stint at the Moulin Rouge in Paris. It wasn’t until she met her friend Charles Burnett III that she got into motorboats and racing became a passion.

It was whilst at the European Offshore Powerboat Championships in Venice, Italy, that she nearly lost her life. Sarah describes how she had a funny feeling that something would go wrong, even telling her team manager to contact her friend not her mum or dad if something serious happened. Not long into her race, her fears came true. The next thing she remembers is waking up in what Italy call their intensive care, the reanimation rooms. She had suffered broken bones in her wrist, arm, shoulder, collarbone, and ribs. She had also smashed her face pretty badly too, including a fractured skull and lost most of her teeth.

Even staring death in the face didn’t stop her getting back out on the water. Follow Sarah’s remarkable journey in the book she had always wanted to write.

I have to say that I’m not usually one from reading biographies, I often find them boring or a bit biased as people gloss over the bad bits of their life (or glamorise them). However, it was refreshing to read Sarah’s account of her life. She tells you exactly how it was, no holds barred and plenty of swearing to go around too. This is a woman who isn’t afraid to dish the dirt on some big companies and even her legal fight with Donald Trump.

I was intrigued and enthralled by Sarah’s life story. I also felt an overwhelming sense of pride for a woman determined to keep going no matter what life threw at her. Her life has been hectic, just as she likes it to be by the sound of it. The World is Never Enough is a superb book written in an easy, casual manner that had great chapter titles and was pure enjoyment to read.

About the Author

Born and raised in  Saddleworth, Yorkshire born Sarah Donohue has enjoyed over twenty five years competing as a powerboat racer, and is currently the most successful female competitor within the sport. She’ll be returning to race again this year in the US and Hong Kong as the face of the Asia Powerboat Series.

As well as racing, Sarah is a qualified personal trainer, international Tri-Fitness champion and, between the years of 2011-2017, created and ran the annual Miss Galaxy Universe fitness competitions in the UK.