Set Adrift: A Mystery and a Memoir - My Family's Disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle

In January, 1958, a renowned sailing family was lost in a storm in the Bermuda Triangle. The youngest of two daughters, Sarah, suddenly an orphan, grew up never knowing her parents and grandparents. As an adult, she began to pursue the mystery of her family and their disappearance, and discovered that their stories were far different from the versions she was told. Sarah Conover's memoir follows the national media's investigation of the Revonoc's vanishing, and exposes the truths that led her to "unstory" the family history, creating a new understanding of their lives, and hers. Praise for SET ADRIFT Beautifully written, imbued with grace, and defined by hope and forgiveness, Set Adrift rocked me, wrecked me, and, finally, brought me home to safe harbor. - Kim Barnes, Pulitzer finalist and author of In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country Sarah Conover's Set Adrift is a most captivating memoir. Written in brief, brilliant chapters, this gripping story unfolds elegantly. You'll feel your own life and difficulties fall into relief as you read. I love this book with all my heart. - Naomi Shihab Nye, Young People's Poet Laureate (Poetry Foundation) Sarah Conover shows resilience and courage as she pieces together the fragments of her broken life, undertaking a wide-ranging journey to discover what "home" might mean to the orphaned; what a restless spirit might indicate; and how deeply A triumph, exquisitely written and observed. - Leslie Pietrzyk, author of Admit This to No One