Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea

Red Sky in Mourning: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea by Ashcraft, Tami Oldham. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780786867912.

Picture yourself in a tropical climate, sailing out to sea with your fiance. Life is perfect; youre young and in love. Then picture everything going horribly wrong. You inadvertently sail into a hurricane, youre injured, and you wake up to find that your loved one is gone. Your boats motor is shot and your masts have disappeared. Utterly alone, youre weeks from dry land. Red Sky in Mourning is the story of Tami Oldham Ashcrafts 41-day journey to safety, which she survived through fortitude and sheer strength of character. Interspersed with flashbacks to her romance with her doomed fiance Richard, this survival story offers an inspiring reminder that even in our darkest moments we are never truly alone.