Content Section

Novelist, Critic and Editor Joan Juliet Buck Joins Holland America Line’s Nov. 29 O, The Oprah Magazine Adventure of Your Life Cruise to Share her New Memoir ‘The Price of Illusion’

FitnessEvangelist Angela Davis and Yoga Guru Sarah Ivanhoe also join the cruise;
Select ‘O Favorite Things' 2017 items available in the onboard boutique

Seattle,Wash., Nov. 9, 2017—Holland America Line and O, The Oprah Magazine's Adventure ofYour Life Cruise is adding novelist, critic, essayist and editor Joan JulietBuck to the lineup of visionaries who will be on board the Nov. 29, 2017,11-day voyage to the Caribbean aboard Koningsdam. Buck will join O,The Oprah Magazine's Books Editor Leigh Haber for the O's ReadingRoom onboard discussion about her new memoir, "The Price of Illusion."

Motivational speaker and fitness evangelist Angela M. Davis andyoga expert Sara Ivanhoe will return for a second sailing with Holland Americaand O, The Oprah Magazine. Both Davis and Ivanhoe were part of the O,The Oprah Magazine Share the Adventure Cruise to Alaska in July 2017 wherethey inspired guests to live their best life.

"Joanhas led an incredibly rich and interesting life, and we're thrilled that she'sgoing to share her story with our guests on this Adventure of Your Lifecruise," said Orlando Ashford, president of Holland America Line. "Thesespecial cruises are transformative and life-changing for many of our guests,and we've carefully selected experts like Angela and Sara who we know will makedeep connections and have a profound impact on our guests during their time onboard."

In addition, select items from O Favorite Things in the December2017 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine will be available for purchase inthe on board gift shop — just in time to do some holiday shopping.Highlights of items from the list that will be available for purchase includePeepers Center Stage polarized sunglasses, Barefoot Dreams Luxe Milk JerseyPiped PJ set, and Oprah Winfrey's "Wisdom of Sunday," a collection ofmeaningful insights from Super Soul Conversations.

Buck Exposes Her World in The Price ofIllusion
In "The Price of Illusion," Buck shares her life over 50 years, detailing hertime spent in the creative hearts of London, New York, Los Angeles and Paris.The only child of a volatile movie producer, Buck became a magazine journalistat 19 to reflect and record the life she'd been brought up in. After a careerwriting for Vogue and Vanity Fair, she was named the firstAmerican woman to edit Vogue Paris.

Including a spectacular cast oflegends, monsters and stars, her memoir is a moving account of a remarkablewoman's rocky passage through glamour and passion, family duty and madness, insearch of her true self.

Guests who wish to purchase ThePrice of Illusion before the cruise can visit the Simon and Schusterwebsite at simonandschuster.com/books.

Motivational Speaker and FitnessEvangelist Angela Davis
Angela Davis is aninternational fitness evangelist and motivational coach who lives by the motto"too blessed to be stressed." As a former member of the USA Track and FieldTeam, Davis was a five-time All-American who held world rankings in the 100meters. She also was an Olympic Trials semi-finalist, a member of the WorldChampionship team and a professional runner for Nike. Davis has appeared on andwas a part of a national arena tour in 2014.

Today Davis can be found instructingone of the most sought-after SoulCycle classes with celebrity clients. Davisalso is the creator of the AMDIO Method, which promotes lasting change from theinside out.

Yoga Guru Sara Ivanhoe Leads Just Breathe!
Sara Ivanhoe is the Yoga Spokesperson for Weight Watchers, most recentlyreleasing the "Weight Watchers Yoga Starter Kit." Teaching since 1995, she isthe instructor for the "Yoga for Dummies" series, the "CrunchYoga" series and the collaboration with Russell Simmons "YogaLive."

Ivanhoe had an extended run on Fit TVwith "All Star Workouts" and on Exercise TV with "Yoga on theEdge." She was a regular on Vh1's "Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab"and is highlighted in the acclaimed documentary "Titans of Yoga" and"Women of Bhakti." Ivanhoe is currently getting her Master's Degreeat LMU's Inaugural Yoga Philosophy program and serves as Student Senator ofBellarmine College.

Each morning on the Share theAdventure Cruise, Ivanhoe led more than 200 guests on a path of yoga andmeditation around the Lido Pool. She will host the Just Breathe! morningsession on the Adventure of Your Life Cruise as well, featuring a specialmorning session on the beaches of private island Half Moon Cay.

HollandAmerica Line previously announced that SuperSoul 100 Members psychologist,best-selling author and international speaker Dr. Shefali Tsabary and author,speaker and life coach Tim Storey also will be on board the 11-day Caribbeancruise.

HollandAmerica Line and O, The Oprah Magazine Partnership
Holland America Line and O,The Oprah Magazine's exclusive partnership unites the soul-stirring powerof travel with O's deep commitment to connection and personal growth. The November departure is the first of four special Adventureof Your Life Cruises with Holland America Line and O, The Oprah Magazine.The three additional sailings also featuring SuperSoul 100 Members to beannounced depart March 3, 2018, seven-day Caribbean; Aug. 11, 2018, seven-dayAlaska; and Oct. 28, 2018, seven-day Caribbean.

In July 2017, Oprah Winfrey made aspecial appearance on the Share the Adventure Cruise to Alaska, which alsohosted O, The Oprah Magazine Editor-at-Large Gayle King, Editor-in-ChiefLucy Kaylin, Creative Director Adam Glassman and Haber; SuperSoul 100 membersGrammy Award–winning singer and songwriter India.Arie; motivational speakerGlennon Doyle and Davis; Impatient Foodie founder Elettra Wiedemann andIvanhoe.

Through the end of 2018, HollandAmerica Line cruises sailing from North America will offer a variety ofengaging activities developed with the magazine's editors including meditation,exercise, healthy eating, the onboard book reading room and more. Cruisedestinations feature Alaska, Bermuda, Canada and New England, the Caribbean,Hawaii, Mexico and the Panama Canal.

The 11-day Adventure of Your LifeCaribbean cruise is roundtrip Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and calls atBasseterre, St. Kitts; Castries, St. Lucia; Bridgetown, Barbados;Fort-de-France, Martinique; St. Johns, Antigua; St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.; and HalfMoon Cay, Holland America Line's award-winning private island in the Bahamas.Fares on the Nov. 29 cruise start at $699 per person,double occupancy. Taxes, fees and port expenses are additional.

Formore information, contact a travel professional, call1-877-SAIL-HAL (1-877-724-5425) or visit hollandamerica.com.

— # # # —

Find Holland America Line on Twitter, Facebook and the Holland America Blog.Access all social media outlets via the Online Communities quicklink on the home page at hollandamerica.com.

About Holland AmericaLine [a division of Carnival Corporation and plc (NYSE: CCL and CUK)]

Holland America Line's fleet of 14 ships offers more than 500cruises to more than 400 ports in 98 countries, territories or dependenciesaround the world. From shorter getaways to 113-day itineraries, the company'scruises visit all seven continents, with highlights including Antarcticaexplorations, South America circumnavigations, Cuba cruises and exoticAustralia/New Zealand and Asia voyages; four annual Grand Voyages; and popularsailings to the Caribbean, Alaska, Mexico, Canada and New England, Bermuda,Europe and the Panama Canal. The line welcomed ms Koningsdam in 2016 andhas a second Pinnacle-class ship, ms Nieuw Statendam, to be delivered in December2018. A third Pinnacle-class ship, due for delivery in 2021, recently wasannounced.

The company isundergoing $300 million in brand enhancements to secure its position as theleader in premium cruising. Fleetwide, the ships feature innovative initiativesand a diverse range of enriching experiences focused on destination immersionand personalized travel. Guests can expand their knowledge through an exclusivepartnership with O, The Oprah Magazine; during an America's Test Kitchen show;at Explorations Café presented by The New York Times; and by taking a DigitalWorkshop powered by Windows. Outstanding entertainment fills each evening atvenues including Lincoln Center Stage, Billboard Onboard and B.B. King's BluesClub. The dining experience can be savored at a variety of restaurants withmenus that feature selections from Holland America Line's esteemed CulinaryCouncil, comprising world-famous chefs who design dishes exclusively for ourguests.

Kaleidoscope powered