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Adrift [Movie tie-in] audiobook

  • By: Tami Oldham Ashcraft
  • Narrator: Laurence Bouvard
  • Length: 5 hours 58 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: May 29, 2018
  • Language: English
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Adrift [Movie tie-in] Audiobook Summary

The heart-stopping memoir, soon to be a major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin, and directed by Baltasar Kormakur (Everest).

Young and in love, their lives ahead of them, Tami Oldham and her fiance Richard Sharp set sail from Tahiti under brilliant blue skies, with Tami’s hometown of San Diego as their ultimate destination. But the two free spirits and avid sailors couldn’t anticipate that less than two weeks into their voyage, they would sail directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. They found themselves battling pounding rain, waves the size of skyscrapers, and 140 knot winds. Richard tethered himself to the boat and sent Tami below to safety, and then all went eerily quiet. Hours later, Tami awakened to find the boat in ruins, and Richard nowhere in sight.

Adrift is the story of Tami’s miraculous forty-one-day journey to safety on a ravaged boat with no motor and no masts, and with little hope for rescue. It’s a tale of love and survival on the high seas– an unforgettable story about resilience of the human spirit, and the transcendent power of love.

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Adrift [Movie tie-in] Audiobook Narrator

Laurence Bouvard is the narrator of Adrift [Movie tie-in] audiobook that was written by Tami Oldham Ashcraft

Tami Oldham Ashcraft speaks frequently about her experiences and continues to be an avid sailor. She is a 100-ton licensed captain who has logged more than 50,000 offshore miles, and lives with her husband and family in Friday Harbor, Washington.

About the Author(s) of Adrift [Movie tie-in]

Tami Oldham Ashcraft is the author of Adrift [Movie tie-in]

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Adrift [Movie tie-in] Full Details

Narrator Laurence Bouvard
Length 5 hours 58 minutes
Author Tami Oldham Ashcraft
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date May 29, 2018
ISBN 9780062871619

Additional info

The publisher of the Adrift [Movie tie-in] is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062871619.

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This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Ken

March 02, 2020

It wasn't until the 2018 movie that I first heard about Tami Oldham's miraculous survival tale, the film inspired me to get the original memoir.This short read details every aspect of her 41 day journey as she battles testing conditions to reach safety, the fact that her fiance Richard was lost after the yacht hit a hurricane showed Tami's task even more difficult as she tussles with her emotions.A simple gripping survival tale that delves more into the technical aspect of survival.I wouldn't mind rewatching the film again to see how close they stuck to the facts!

A Turtles

July 20, 2021

Wonderfully written story of inspiration and never losing hope. A prime example of finding the good even in the bad. Mrs. Ashcraft is an incredibly strong and brave woman and I hope her story touches others as it has touched me.

Leftbanker

December 07, 2022

I’ll start off with praise for the book. The story is simply amazing and the woman will go down in history as one of the most tenacious survivors at sea. Just her navigational skill is something to be admired by 21st century sailors who rely on the whims of the electronic world. She was a little slow to get moving in the metaphorically correct direction, i.e. getting her act together and getting the boat in order. I can’t believe that she would have had a water shortage in such a luxury yacht like the Hazana (by the way, I think it's hazaña, not hazana – Spanish for fate, deed, or exploit, at least I read the boat spelled that way before ). The same would go for food. If she ran low on food that was from poor planning before setting out on a trans-Pacific voyage. Even considering that some food would have been lost, she still should have had plenty.I’ve never been in a really bad storm at sea, at least not in such a small sailing vessel, and nothing like the storm she faced even in a big passenger ship. I can’t even imagine how terrifying that must have been for them. At the end, she said the boat was totaled by the insurance company, but I’d wager someone got it back in ship-shape in no time at all. What a fine bit of advertising for that ship maker. I watched the movie first, and it wasn’t bad at all. In the movie as well as the book she didn’t seem too concerned with bailing the boat out. Just to have something to occupy my time I think that I would have been pumping my brains out as well as cleaning up that cabin to have a more comfortable time of it. The whole bit about rationing water is also lousy information in a survival situation. I was taught at the USAF survival school in Spokane, Washington, to ration your sweat, not your water, meaning to take it easy during the daylight hours but drink as much water as you need. Drinking a cap-full of water every two days like they do in the movies will just dehydrate you faster.So in the end she had enough water, and should have had even more—a boat that size must have a few hundred gallons of fresh water. Rich people probably expect to have two fresh water showers a day in such a luxury craft.Just compare this true story to the fictional account in the Robert Redford film, All is Lost. He was a total idiot who brought on all of his problems. He was in the modern era of communications, yet he didn't have a simple two-way radio. I don’t know why she wasn’t able to communicate with her radio, but she did well under extremely bad circumstances.The down side of this book, and it was a big side to the story, was her dumb romance to the dead guy. It just went on and on and was boring or worse, stupid at every turn. And what if she just made it all up? Like when he proposed to her? She is the only one who can back up that story. What if they had a huge fight on the first day of the voyage and she hated his Limey guts? It would have been a better book for me.Of course, there is no way of ever knowing, but you have to wonder about the fate of Richard. How did he lose his tether? Did he drown immediately or did he bob around for a few hours dog-paddling in those terrible seas? I never feel sorry for people who die doing things they love. Sailing across the Pacific in a sailboat, even one as big and majestic as Hazaña, is inherently very dangerous. It’s the same for mountain climbers. People die doing that all the time and you can’t be expected to feel sorry for them. If they wanted to live longer, they would have avoided such dangerous hobbies. I’d rather go out like Richard, or fall off a 1,000 feet shear mountain face than die in a car accident—the most meaningless way to die imaginable.Some of the technical aspects of sailing weren't written very clearly, at least not in my opinion, and I know my way around a sailboat.*It was difficult for me to even find this book for review on Goodreads. My version was re-titled “Adrift” as part of the movie tie-in. She wasn’t adrift as she rigged a sail. Another book recounting this story is called “Lost at Sea” and she certainly was never lost.

Ashley

June 25, 2018

What a heart breaking story but inspirational to read. Can't wait to see the movie

P.C.

August 21, 2014

I found this book in a used book store and picked it up on a whim. It only took me an afternoon to read, and I greatly enjoyed it. Red Sky in Mourning is nineteen-year-old Tami Oldham's nonfiction account of her life as she sets off from home and begins to sail the Pacific Ocean, or at least part of it does. Red Sky in Mourning can be divided into two tales. There is that of before the hurricane, and that of the aftermath of the hurricane. Oldham and her fiance were sailing a yacht across the Pacific Ocean when they were struck by a hurricane. In that storm her fiance was thrown from the boat, never to be seen again. Oldham was forced to navigate by sextant to Hawaii, quite a feat for anyone, especially an injured nineteen-year-old girl alone on a limping yacht.Oldham, with the help of her co-author, Susea McGearhart, weave Oldham's and her fiance's, Richard, past into the current narrative of Oldham's struggle to survive and make it to Hawaii. Having read other survival stories, Oldham certainly ranks up there as not only a surviver, but one who took command of her situation relatively quickly, set a goal, and worked to executing it in an efficient and impressive manner . We can all learn something from Oldham's mental and physical fortitude. I recommend this read.

Laura

February 06, 2020

A beautifully tragic tale of two free spirited young people who dreamt of sailing the world together. The story is told by Tami, who survived a devastating hurricane that claimed the life of her fiancé and left her alone at sea for more than forty days. It’s a testament to her will to survive and her decision to learn to navigate that makes this story so amazing. Tami tells of her time travelling alone, and later with Richard, in wonderfully exotic places before they were commissioned to deliver a boat called Hazana to San Diego, a trip which they anticipated to take a month. After Richard is tragically swept overboard, Tami awakens to find herself alone and with limited food and water. How she navigated the ocean alone from then on is incredible. Few people in her situation would have survived. I read this after catching the film adaption “Adrift” on Netflix, which I also recommend.

J.H.

February 10, 2022

Good survival story. The author had to survive on the open sea for forty-one days after a freak hurricane cripples their boat and her fiancé is swept overboard. The author herself was gravely injured.One of the things I loved about this book is Tami's independence. When she starts working on boats, she insists on learning how to navigate, even with a sextant, and this knowledge definitely played a big role in solving her life. She knew more and had more experience with boats than most of the men she sailed with. I could identify with her desire to live life on her own terms and not stay settled.At times, I felt she was a bit immature or silly, but I was reminded with a shock near the end of the book of how young she really was when all this happened--she was still in her early twenties. The fact that she was so accomplished and competent, and was able to keep her wits and stay strong in that situation, is nothing short of remarkable.I also loved that the book doesn't end with her rescue. We rarely get to see the epilogue of these stories--the press attention, the survivor's guilt, the scrutiny, the PTSD, etc. Tami takes us through it all, the good, the bad, and the ugly, and it was fascinating to read about how she was treated as a lone female survivor.

Patty Lauren

July 10, 2018

We saw the movie, “Adrift”, and I wanted to read the book after finding out it was based on a true story. Her bravery and perseverance despite what happened and how long she was at sea was inspiring to read!

Mandy

June 08, 2021

I can imagine that all the details about the boat and the sailing, can mean a lot to people who sail. But she lost me in all those numbers. But nevertheless, it is a must-read. This book made me cry a couple of times. I really felt bad for her that the parents of Richard weren’t really open towards her and that the brother-in-law didn’t include her for Richard’s boat. But I guess you can’t really know from Tami’s perspective how his family mourned.

Alexis

November 19, 2021

This was a beautiful book. Her story is amazing. A lot of memoirs aren’t always that good because the authors obviously aren’t professional writers but I thought this was written quite well. I love how honest Tami was with how she felt while she was out at sea and after she was saved. As someone who knows absolutely nothing about sailing, I still found her story so inspirational. This book was an emotional roller coaster. There were times when I felt frustrated and angry just from the way she described what happened and how she felt. I’m glad Tami decided to share her incredible story through this book. I enjoyed reading it a lot.

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