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Автор: Susea McGearhart
Издательство: HarperCollins
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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2018

      Originally published as Red Sky in Mourning in 2002 by Hyperion

      First published in the United States by Dey St, an imprint of William Morrow, HarperCollins Publishers, in 2018

      Copyright © 2018 by Tami Oldham Ashcraft.

      New afterword copyright © 2018 by Tami Oldham Ashcraft

      Tami Oldham Ashcraft asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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       Ebook Edition © May 2018 ISBN: 9780008299569 Version: 2018-05-16

       To the memory of my grandfather Wally J. Oldham,

       the solid foundation in my life,

       and to Richard Sharp . . .

       who will live in my heart forever.

      

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Contents

       Five: Currents and Drift

       Six: Jury Rig

       Seven: Time on My Hands

       Eight: Water Above, Water Below

       Nine: A Ship and a Gooseneck

       Ten: La Cascade

       Eleven: Hinanos and Cigars

       Twelve: Machetes and Eels

       Thirteen: Overboard

       Fourteen: Turtle Back Sunsets

       Fifteen: In Broad Daylight

       Sixteen: Hazana and Maeva Beach

       Seventeen: Glow Sticks and Milkshakes

       Eighteen: De Plane—Me Insane?

       Nineteen: Hold On, Hold On

       Twenty: On Solid Ground

       Twenty-One: Home at Last

       Twenty-Two: Aftermath

       Epilogue

       Acknowledgments

       Glossary

       About the Authors

       About the Publisher

       On the Firing Line

      Hearing the clank of the anchor shank as it hit the bow roller, I turned my attention to Richard. With a grand gesture, he waved to me—“Let’s go!” I shifted the engine into forward. As I nudged the throttle, Hazana gathered speed and we headed out of Papeete Harbor on the island of Tahiti. It was September 22, 1983, at 1330. In a month we’d be back in San Diego, California. If only I were more excited. I hated to leave the South Pacific. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to see my family and friends, it was just too soon. We’d only been gone from California for six months and had originally planned to cruise the South Pacific islands and New Zealand before visiting home again. This change in plan left me feeling ambivalent. But as Richard pointed out, this yacht-delivery job was a dream come true—too good to pass up.

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