When Sue Williams set sail for the North Atlantic, it wasn’t a mid-life crisis. She had no affinity for the sea. And she didn’t have an adventure-seeking bone in her body. In the wake of a perfect storm of personal events, it suddenly became clear: her sons were adults now; they needed freedom to figure things out for themselves; she had to get out of their way. And it was now or never for her husband, David, to realize his dream to cross an ocean. So she’d go too. Sue and Dave Williams shared with the Shellback Club the story that Sue wrote in "Ready to Come About", a compelling memoir of an improbable adventure on the high seas. Sue's book can be found here: https://www.amazon.ca/Ready-Come-About-Sue-Williams/dp/1459743903/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sue+williams+ready+to+come+about&qid=1579152788&sr=8-1 About Sue and Dave Williams
While in their early 50s, Sue Williams, without an adventure-seeking bone in her body, and her husband David, without any real blue water experience, left their three sons, cast off in their 37 foot sailboat from Hamilton Ontario, and headed east; destination the North Atlantic Ocean. In the space of a year they completed two transatlantic crossings and spent a total of 86 days on the high seas. Sue has written a memoir, Ready to Come About, of their improbable, often perilous, adventure through which the mom in her grew to believe her sons needed liberty to chart their own courses, and that risk is a good thing … sometimes, at least. Ready to Come About is endorsed by Miriam Toews, award-winning author of Women Talking. It was recommended by the Globe & Mail and, just before Christmas, by Canadian Yachting. And it’s now been on the publisher’s bestseller list for going on six months.
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John Overton
3/13/2022 11:57:55 am
Sounds good - Is the publication available at a specific book-store?
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Ron Jenkins
3/15/2022 05:16:16 pm
Amazon has it: https://www.amazon.ca/Ready-Come-About-Sue-Williams/dp/1459743903
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