"Powerful, Tender, & Smart" Meredith Hall, New York Times bestselling author"I Was Moved and Deeply Affected By it. Brilliant!" Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Lambda Literary Award-winning author
"Beautiful, Powerful, and Compelling." Anna Mo, World Literature Prize-winning author
"A Gorgeous Adventure Through Courage...." Tessa Fontaine, New York Times Editor's Choice author
Overwhelmed by traumatic PTSD flashbacks, a gutsy woman embarks on a five-year sailing odyssey to heal from her hidden past. Her quest is to reach the Bay of Virgins in French Polynesia and overcome a childhood scarred by violence and her mother's madness. Sailing her fragile boat beyond remote archipelagos, she searches for the final missing piece of her story. What she doesn't realize is that in order to recover, she must first break apart. A tribe of badass characters guide Heidi Love's journey of self-discovery, including a therapist who climbed to 24,000 feet on Mount Everest; a spirited transgender leader of a matrilineal society; an outrageous Marquesan warrior, and her risk-taking daredevil sidekick, Dennis. For fans of Cheryl Strayed's Wild and Tami Oldham Ashcraft's Adrift, this true story illuminates an inspirational voyage of healing the emotional wounds of childhood trauma-to realize bold dreams. Laughing at the Sky captures the terror and triumph of a woman who risks it all on a life-threatening adventure that will ultimately save her.
"Few books have affected me as profoundly as this memoir. Laughing at the Sky is white-knuckle gripping and achingly beautiful." Nancy Crochiere, author
"She shines light on the difficult passage women take as they transmute a history of terror into a present filled with joy." Mary Carroll Moore, bestselling author
"It shimmers with courage, resilience, and inspiration." Ashley Davis Bush, author
"A powerful page turner and the best adventure memoir I've read in years." Liesbet Collaert, bestselling author