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Steered by the Falling Stars: A Father's Journey
Steered by the Falling Stars A Father's Journey Author:Daniel Spurr In this powerful memoir, the author's long-planned sailboat voyage begins auspiciously, with his twelve-year-old son, Peter, and teenage daughter, Adria, along for the first leg. But when Spurr and his new wife, Andra, turn the boat south on the leading edge of autumn, tragedy follows, transforming their sabbatical from the working world int... more »o a journey through darkness. Confined in a thirty- by ten-foot world, Spurr struggles to come to terms with a death he cannot bear, a pregnancy he cannot yet accept, and a past he cannot forget. Through it all, humorous moments abound, and there are head-nodding insights concerning places visited and people met along the way. The many elements interwoven in his writing immerse the reader from beginning to end. Spurr finds solace from grief in philosophy and in the solitude of the Carolina and Georgia salt marshes. The adventure stalls in Florida, and there events unfold toward a resolution which, because this story is true, is yet another beginning. Steered by the Falling Stars is graceful, measured, heartbreaking, funny, and grave, and carries the force of recognition. One need not be a sailor to take this journey, any more than one need be a motorcyclist to appreciate Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.« less