Synopses & Reviews
A true-life adventure story with everything: page-turning suspense, remarkable acts of courage, wrenching despair and a triumphant, life-affirming ending.
Picture yourself in a tropical climate, sailing out to sea with your fiancé. Life is perfect; youre young and in love. Then picture everything going horribly wrong. You inadvertently sail into a hurricane, youre injured, and you wake up to find that your loved one is gone. Your boats motor is shot and your masts have disappeared. Utterly alone, youre weeks from dry land. Red Sky in Mourning is the story of Tami Oldham Ashcrafts 41-day journey to safety, which she survived through fortitude and sheer strength of character. Interspersed with flashbacks to her romance with her doomed fiancé Richard, this survival story offers an inspiring reminder that even in our darkest moments we are never truly alone.
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"A walloping good yam that grabs your heart and tweaks your spirit." Bookpage
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"Inspiring...memorable...profound." Booklist
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"A dramatic debut...movingly told." Kirkus Reviews
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"Tamis story will break your heart, then make it whole and fuller than ever...a dramatic story of single-handed survival." Herb Payson, Sail magazine
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"[Tamis] remarkable story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit." Herb McCormick, Cruising World magazine
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Tami Oldham Ashcraft continues to be an avid sailor and is a 100-ton licensed captain with over 50,000 offshore miles. She lives in Friday Harbor, Washington.
Susea McGearhart is a freelance writer and photographer who has been sailing for over 20 years.
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"Some will find the self-consciously inspirational tone of the book a little too saccharine, but others will appreciate Ashcraft's remarkable courage; in any case, the story certainly has enough adrenaline-pumping action to satisfy nautical adventure junkies." Publishers Weekly
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Picture yourself in a tropical climate, sailing out to sea with your fiance. Life is perfect; you're young and in love. Then picture everything going horribly wrong. You inadvertently sail into a hurricane, you're injured, and you wake up to find that your loved one is gone. Your boat's motor is shot and your masts have disappeared. Utterly alone, you're weeks from dry land.
Red Sky in Mourning is the story of Tami Oldham Ashcraft's 41-day journey to safety, which she survived through fortitude and sheer strength of character. Interspersed with flashbacks to her romance with her doomed fiance Richard, this survival story offers an inspiring reminder that even in our darkest moments we are never truly alone."