BOOKS BY MY FRIENDS
Holding Fast: A Memoir of Sailing, Love, and Loss by SUSAN COLE
Welcome, Susan, to Books By My Friends. What an intriguing personal story you have to share with us. Let’s begin!
JH: What’s the blurb for your book?
SC: HOLDING FAST: A Memoir of Sailing, Love, and Loss is Susan Cole’s story of leaving everything behind to follow her husband's lifelong dream of sailing away. Susan’s journey took her from the glitzy world of Madison Avenue advertising to riding out Hurricane Mitch, the largest hurricane on record at the time, on a sailboat in Guatemala. She hadn’t wanted to go in the first place but ended up on a life-changing odyssey.
JH: What inspired you to write Holding Fast: A Memoir of Sailing, Love, and Loss?
SC: I wanted to share the terrifying, exhilarating experience of leaving everything behind to sail on a boat for three years with my husband and young daughter, and how it gave me a blueprint for life even after my husband was gone.
JH: What one thing do you love most about writing?
SC: I love entering another world and discovering the heart of my feelings about it.
JH: What’s next for you in the way of writing/publishing?
SC: I'm working on my next book, a memoir about my dad who died when I was young.
JH: How can readers contact you?
SC:
https://www.susan-cole.com/
SC: I love entering another world and discovering the heart of my feelings about it.
BIO:
Susan Cole has lived on or around sailboats for more than thirty years. In between sails, she earned a B.A. at Barnard College, an M.A. at Columbia University, and for many years, ran a successful market research firm in New York. Her essays have appeared in literary journals and sailing magazines. Cole was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and has lived in New York, Connecticut, Florida, and Mexico. She moved to New Orleans six years ago and loves it.
JH: Thanks, Susan, for sharing this inspiring and moving story with BBMF. Best wishes for continued success with your books. Please visit again when the next book is ready to share.
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All good things,
Joy
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Holding Fast sounds intriguing. Best of luck with your next memoir.