“Grit, Glue and Grace is a bold, well-written tale exploring the stark duality between dream and reality. A story of bravery and of learning to ignore the doubt and negativity of your cowardly inner voice if you want to achieve your goal.  An interwoven story about facing almost insurmountable challenges:  the journey of parenthood - the search for a spiritual Master - rebuilding an old wooden schooner and then bashing it into the unrelenting Pacific Ocean - and the discovery that in the end there is no better spiritual teacher of humility, acceptance and gratitude than the fury of the Sea.”

— Allen Cody Taube, author of “The Art of Wooden Boat Repair: How to Save Wood Boats”

“Having just finished your book, "Grit, Glue and Grace", I want to offer you my congratulations immediately… what a rip roaring, interesting tale!  I admire your extraordinary courage and perseverance, despite years of tears and toil.  It seems as if the shock and heartbreak of Bhagavan Rajneesh's betrayal actually fueled you towards whatever it would take to gain from it spiritually.  And that you accomplished this, is tribute to your spiritual motivation and idealism.  Gratitude and humility are no small achievements in the quest to know and incorporate the "deeper reality of what love is"

— Jody Cleary, co-producer with her husband Ted Henry, of Souljourns

“Great book … The story holds from the first to last page. Your adventure … on the open seas is … understated … The whole crew had such scant experience … And knowing how the “captain” was likely to become seriously ill … made me feel that such a lengthy trip on the Pacific was lunacy. Your attention to detail had high appeal for me. All that you did in … formative years birthed major consequences … From dismay and heartache over the presumptions of a callus lover, to the actions of a world-famous spiritual leader who had run amok, and finally to finding your own voice so that you could do what Debbie wanted to do rather than jump to someone else’s heartbeat…all of this helped to forge and new and stronger, Deb…”

—Ted Henry, Former Television News Anchor and Producer of Souljourns YouTube documentary series