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Grit & Grace: The Transformation of a Ship and a Soul is written by Deborah Rudell, her account of conquering overwhelming challenges with tenacity and ingenuity and ultimately discovering her inner strength.

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Deborah Rudell’s world unravels when the leaders of her spiritual commune are exposed, arrested, and imprisoned for bioterrorism and attempted murder. Crushed and adrift, she moves her family off the commune to create a sense of normalcy. But when her husband seeks an opportunity to dismantle and rebuild a derelict fifty-foot schooner, she uproots their children once again and joins him in Kauai. For the next five years, she dedicates her life to restoring a boat. While she grapples with emotional turmoil and contemplates a new life path, she sets out to accomplish something she never thought possible: sailing across the Pacific to the Olympic Peninsula, ultimately discovering her inner strength. Deborah is a graduate of Hay House Writer’s Workshop and the Certificate in Memoir Writing program at San Diego Writers, Ink.