RAVE REVIEWS FROM THE EXPERTS
Tacoma Tribune - December 2002
Herb Payson, author of Blown Away, You Can't Blow Home Again, Advice to the Sea Lorn & contributing editor of "SAIL" magazine says:
"Red Sky in Mourning is a story with many levels. It's an entertaining and educative read for those wanting to live vicariously the life of a cruising couple in Paradise; and it's a dramatic story of single-handed survival. But in the end it's not a hurricane story at all, but a love story in which surviving at sea is a metaphor for the survival of grief.
For all those who have deeply loved, Tami's story will break your heart, then make it whole and fuller than ever."
Herb McCormick, Executive Editor of "Cruising World" Magazine says:
"Tami Oldham Ashcraft went to sea for romance and adventure, never knowing the terrible price she would eventually pay. Her remarkable story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit."
Tania Aebi, author of Maiden Voyage, and owner of Tania Aebi's Saling Adventures says:
"What happened to [her] could happen to anyone. This story illustrates [how] lives can depend on basic knowledge being acquired before it's too late. I would recommend [this] book to women. Quite a good read."
John Neal, author of Log of the Mahina, co-author of Mahina Tiare, Pacific Passages, captain and owner of Mahina Expeditions says:
"Red Sky in Mourning is a passionately honest account of a woman's heroic and intense struggle to survive. This book is a real page-turner. I couldn't put it down."
"Ballard News-Tribune" says:
"Red Sky in Mourning artfully reflects the totality of the blue water experience, never falling prey to the dry, blow by blow accounts that make up the bulk of most adventure writing. Like the best maritime literature, Red Sky in Mourning conveys not only high-seas action but the immensity of the human drama."
Dorothy Rice Bennett, Editor of the "San Diego Log" says:
"Red Sky in Mourning is intense, fascinating reading. The book works on several levels, a sailing story, a study of survival, and the battle of a young woman's spirit. It is touching and inspiring."