Grit & Grace

<p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Engaging and informative with moments of great excitement-but also disturbing and weighted with angst. -<em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Deborah Rudell's world unravels when the leaders of her spiritual commune are exposed arrested and imprisoned for bioterrorism and attempted murder. Crushed and adrift she moves her family off the commune to create a sense of normalcy. But when her husband seeks an opportunity to dismantle and rebuild a derelict fifty-foot schooner Deborah uproots their children once again and joins him in Kauai. For the next five years she dedicates her life to restoring a boat.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Pouring herself into the work at hand can only distract her so much as disillusionment about the cult's lies and manipulation slowly rises to the surface. While she grapples with emotional turmoil and contemplates a new life path Deborah sets out to accomplish something she never thought possible: sailing across the Pacific to the Olympic Peninsula. Will the dangers that come with navigating the ocean be too much to bear or will she find resolution and fortitude in the turbulent adventure?</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Grit & Grace: The Transformation of a Ship & a Soul </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is one woman's account of conquering overwhelming challenges with tenacity and ingenuity and ultimately discovering her inner strength.</span></p>