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ten degrees of reckoning the true story of a familys love and the will to survive
a profoundly powerful and inspirational memoir . br in 1993 judith and michael sleavin and their two children set out to live their dream to sail around the world . but one night a freighter off the coast of new zealand altered its course by a mere ten degrees . and changed everything . after surviving forty four hours in the water with a back broken in several places and paralyzed below the waist judith miraculously survived . doctors would later say she suffered one of the worst cases of post traumatic stress syndrome ever documented . news of the collision made headlines around the world but distraught judith never talked to the press . her body was broken and so was her soul . br twelve years later judith turned to her best friend hester rumberg and asked her to write what was too painful for her to write . the result is a gripping unbelievable yet true story of one family s love of profound loss and of a remarkable woman who decided to live when others might have decided otherwise . but always it is a stunning account of survival a meditation on the strength of friendship and community . it is a universal tale of how any of our lives might be unexpectedly altered how we might have to change what we hope for and how we can move forward in times of tragedy . br judith sleavin now divides her time between portland oregon and new zealand .
hardcover putnam adult 2009 isbn13 9780399155352 isbn10 039915535x
abridged n isbn 13 9780399155352 number in series 1 number of pages 254 publisher amy einhorn books release date 1235433600000