“At once a captivating life story made up of a rich history, and a

beautiful reflection on loves lost. Tender, moving, and highly readable.”

—Torre DeRoche

Author of Love with a Chance of Drowning

“This book is one part “Hero’s Journey” and two parts love story; an alchemy of high adventure and keen insights that will take your breath away and expand your capacity to love. Empowering, entertaining, and most of all inspiring. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I know you will too.”

—Brian Luke Seaward

Author of Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water

HOLDING FAST: A Memoir of Sailing, Love, and Loss is Susan’s story of leaving everything behind to follow her husband’s lifelong dream of sailing away.

Blond, blue-eyed, irreverent John bursts into Susan’s life in her twenties with a dream of sailing off. Susan dreams of settling down and doesn’t want to go. A three-year voyage with their young daughter to the Caribbean profoundly changes their lives. A gripping adventure story and an inspirational memoir of finding our power in the unlikeliest of places.