'In the midst of the 1791 French Revolution, unwed mother Marie-Louise Girardin takes one last look at her baby before thrusting him into the arms of her friend, the revolutionary Olympe de Gouges. Disguising herself as a man, she escapes as a steward on a ship journeying to the Great Southern Ocean in search of the missing explorer La Perouse. When the expedition docks in Java, chaos erupts with news of King Louis XVI's execution and the crew is imprisoned by the Dutch. Marie-Louise seems certain to be unmasked. Will she ever return to France and be reunited with her child? Inspired by a true story, Into the World is a compelling novel of the amazing life of Marie-Louise Girardin battling perilous seas and her own self-doubt, and finding unforeseen loves on a journey to reclaim her child.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
