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Ready to Come About
Ready to Come About
Ready to Come About
Audiobook11 hours

Ready to Come About

Written by Sue Williams

Narrated by Dina Pearlman

4.5/5

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Three hundred nautical miles from shore, I‘m cold and sick and afraid. I pray for reprieve. I long for solid ground. And I can‘t help but ask myself, What the hell was I thinking?

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.

Ready to Come About is the story of a mother’s improbable adventure on the high seas and her profound journey within, through which she grew to believe that there is no gift more precious than the liberty to chart one’s own course, and that risk is a good thing … sometimes, at least.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherScribd Audio
Release dateJul 5, 2022
ISBN9781094447339
Author

Sue Williams

Sue Williams earned a degree in occupational therapy from Queen's University and practised OT for over thirty years. In 2016, she left the health care field to focus on writing. Sue lives in Guelph, Ontario.

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  • 3/5
    Interesting in the concept of crossing the ocean. Most of the book held me but I, not being a sailor myself, Got lost in many of the names of the different parts of the boat. At times exciting ,at times little boring,I suspect the telling resembled the living it in many aspects. All in all, a good read.
  • 5/5
    Beautiful story it’s so much reality rolled in to each chapter.

    1 person found this helpful

  • 5/5
    This was the best audio book I've listened to. The story was told in such a way that I was able to live it as the adventure unfolded. I cheered, cried, and felt myself longing to live my dreams as David and Sue lived theirs.

    1 person found this helpful

  • 5/5
    Great book. A real cliff hanger which shows ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary things

    2 people found this helpful

  • 4/5
    While the story was okay, including two instances of having sex was entirely unnecessary. This is non-fiction, and your kids, friends, and family members are going to read it.

    1 person found this helpful

  • 5/5
    It was entertaining and real. If you have ever dreamed of sailing off on an adventure of a lifetime this would be a good book for you.

    Note, I listen to over a 100 books a year, I have reviewed 1 other. This one deserves a great review!

    PCReese

    1 person found this helpful

  • 5/5
    Entertaining all the way. Filled with amusing and intriguing anecdotes. Inspiring and challenging.
    Loved it.

    1 person found this helpful

  • 4/5
    Great true adventure memoir however the narrators voice sounded too old and conservative for this adventurous lady .

    1 person found this helpful

  • 1/5
    Story was more about family than sailing. Throughout, their was a negative experience, David was hardly mentioned, Sue always over emphasizing things that went wrong . Narrator did not help by being over the top and loud, making it a uninteresting read but, hey that's my opinion.
    Kind Regards
    Paul