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Ten Degrees of Reckoning: The True Story of a Family's Love and the Will to Survive Hardback - 2009

by Hester Rumberg

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A profoundly powerful and inspirational memoir.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.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.Judith Sleavin now divides her time between Portland, Oregon, and New Zealand.

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A profoundly powerful and inspirational memoir.
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.
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.
Judith Sleavin now divides her time between Portland, Oregon, and New Zealand.

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  • Title Ten Degrees of Reckoning: The True Story of a Family's Love and the Will to Survive
  • Author Hester Rumberg
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1St Edition
  • Pages 254
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Amy Einhorn Books, NY
  • Publication date 2009-02-19
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780399155352 / 039915535X
  • Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.52 x 5.84 x 0.94 in (21.64 x 14.83 x 2.39 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 1110
  • Category Travel - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Sleavin, Judith, Sleavin, Judith - Family
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008033848
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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