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Lady and the Sea: A Novel Based on a True Story
Lady and the Sea: A Novel Based on a True Story
Lady and the Sea: A Novel Based on a True Story
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Lady and the Sea: A Novel Based on a True Story

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After two failed marriages, forty-eight-year-old Rosie Atkisson struggles through the process of rebuilding her life with her husband, Jesse, in Southern California. But in 1994, the settled rhythm of her newfound comfort is interrupted by a tug in her heart when she encounters a haunting photo of another aging lady, the World War II vessel MS Restoration.

A special mission to transport Russian Jews from Sochi, Russia, to Haifa, Israel, means an adventure of a lifetime; does she dare pass up this dangerous assignment that will take her thousands of miles from her family and comfortable life? In spite of her fear of water and the unknown condition of the ship, Rosie thinks this might be the opportunity shes been waiting for to serve God.

After surviving fourteen months on board the old shipfrom a hurricane to a heart attack, from miracles to menopause, and now being held at gunpoint in the Haifa harborRosie wonders if she will ever return to her own safe harbor.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherWestBow Press
Release dateSep 30, 2011
ISBN9781449722692
Lady and the Sea: A Novel Based on a True Story
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Sharon Leaf

Since turning forty, Sharon Leaf has traveled to over fifteen countries, including living in Sweden while attending Bible college, traveling on the Trans-Siberian Railway, and volunteering on a World War II ship, whose sole purpose was to transport Russian Jews from the Black Sea to Israel. She received a degree in theology at sixty, proving that it's never too late to fulfill another dream. Lady and the Sea is Sharon’s debut novel. Sharon lives in South Carolina with her husband. www.sharonleaf.com

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