This is a life-changing voyage over vast oceans. Teen mother,
architect, professor, businesswoman - Pat Henry knew a thing or two
about survival. But when her once-successful business went
bankrupt, she lost the will to begin again. Instead, she set sail
with no money aboard her 31-foot Southern Cross on a journey
through eight years, forty countries, and thirty thousand miles
that would ultimately make her one of the first women - and the
oldest - to sail around the world alone. Ahead lay new beginnings
on exotic shores. But at sea, in a solitary circle of gales, slow
miles, and overarching sky, she found by hesitant degrees a
precious gift - the distance from which to reach peace with the
choices and abandonments of a tumultuous life.Searingly honest, "By
the Grace of the Sea" is for travellers, daughters, mothers, and
seekers. 'A damn good book - it might even be a great book...The
way in which [Henry] tells her story is nothing less than
extraordinary' - "Sailing". 'Henry's captivating account fills
readers with admiration for her courage and stamina' - "Booklist".
'A powerful and compelling personal account of [Henry's] battle
with the elements - plus inner and outer demons - while struggling
to complete her solo journey around the world. What a book and what
a woman!' - Willard Manus, author, "This Way to Paradise". 'Her
openness about her life should inspire others to make their own way
in the world, however they define it. Her message resounds: If I
can do this, anyone can' - "Caribbean Compass".Pat Henry, a
recipient of the Joshua Slocum Society International Golden Circle
Award for her solo circumnavigation on board Southern Cross, has
sailed eighty thousand miles on small boats. She is a founding
partner in Coming About, Any Woman's Sailing School, in Puerto
Vallarta. Her watercolor paintings have been exhibited in galleries
around the world. She can be contacted through her Web site.
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