Uncharted - by Barbara A Busenbark (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Uncharted is the captivating story of a woman who is suddenly widowed after thirty years of happy marriage.
- Author(s): Barbara A Busenbark
- 244 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
Description
About the Book
Follow the author down the Intracoastal Waterway. As a bonus, large, color navigational charts showing more detail can be found on her website. The website has detailed information about location, weather, and distance traveled each day.
Book Synopsis
Uncharted is the captivating story of a woman who is suddenly widowed after thirty years of happy marriage. As she struggles to make sense of the unexpected loss, she moves two hours away from the small New Hampshire town she called home, and its sad memories. Her dream of opening an art gallery is complicated by the condition of the house she wants to buy. The location is perfect, but it needs a complete renovation. Having worked on two prior homes with her husband, she takes on the challenge herself and sees renovating the house as a parallel to rebuilding her life and throws herself into the project.
After realizing living alone, with just a little dog, is not for her she begins online dating. The process yields mixed results, some humorous, until she meets Tim. An avid sailor, their relationship brings comfort and warmth to her life. Sailing adventures with Tim become part of their developing relationship. Once engaged to be married, they plan a boating trip from Maine to Florida. Bad weather and unexpected tribulations plague their journey but love and laughter keep them going.
Review Quotes
"Busenbark's artistic side manifests in the stunning visual imagery of her writing, as when she describes the changes she undergoes as 'layers of emotion stacked up like a pile of old books, each with a story and hundreds of pages.' This is a poignant narrative about love, loss, and life that exposes the heartrending side of grief alongside the beauty that comes with healing."
-BookLife Reviews
"The book's strengths lie in Busenbark's introspection and musings on healing: 'Grief is different. Time does not heal the wound. Time grants the experience to learn how to continue to live.' ... (An) ultimately hopeful story of a widow's life after loss."
-Kirkus Reviews
"Busenbark writes with bravery and honesty...her strength and grit shone through in her writing, imbuing hope in every chapter. She teaches the reader about pursuing dreams at any age and going after what your heart truly desires."
-Readers' Favorite
"Uncharted is a heartfelt and thoughtful memoir. With a powerful voice, intricate details, and a touch of wit and humor, Busenbark expertly sifts through the pieces of sudden loss to generate meaning from a shattered life."
-Jonathan Starke, author of You've Got Something Coming"With sufficient courage, determination, flexibility, grit, resilience, and faith in her ability to move forward, Busenbark has crafted a well-written, vividly told true adventure of love, loss, and following dreams."
- Judith Haskell, library director, Hampton Falls Free Librarv