TITLE:
Ten degrees of reckoning : the true story of a family's love and the will to survive / Hester Rumberg.
By:
Publication Date:
2009, 2007
Publication Information:
New York : Amy Einhorn Books/G.P. Putnam's Sons,
Edition:
1st American ed.
Physical Description:
254 p. : ill., maps.
Summary:
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780399155352
