I chose 'Daughter of Fortune' by Isabelle Allende.. a love heroine..
The journey of Eliza Sommers to gold-struck California in search of the man whose child she bears. The boat journey facilitates an inner change within her, and what began as a journey of love, ends as a conquest of personal freedom.
Oh go those idyllic aldoescent dreams
Read it, if ya haven't already. I loved it.