New York, NY: Amy Einhorn Books. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 2009. First American Edition. Trade Size Paperback. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages; Trade Size Paperback, Book Shows Little Wear, Text is clean no markings seen No Dust Jacket; BX323 .

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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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Bookseller: Ye Old Bookworm (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: W9664
Title: Ten Degrees of Reckoning
Author: Rumberg, Hester
Format/Binding: Trade Size Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good with No dust jacket as issued
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 1615234462
ISBN 13: 9781615234462
Publisher: Amy Einhorn Books
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 2009
Bookseller catalogs: Nonfiction;

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