Artist and Author Karson Brown In Conversation with Author Beth Ann Mathews re: Karson's Gripping Memoir "48 Days to Barbados."
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Batten the hatches and all hands on deck as artist and author Karson Brown presents her gripping debut memoir, 48 Days to Barbados. In late summer 1999, twenty-eight-year-old Karson and her friend Erin answered a call for experienced female sailors to help deliver a 34-foot vessel from Portugal to Florida. Both were experienced sailors and looking for an adventure. They agreed to join the woman aboard her sailboat. What began as an exhilarating 21-day Atlantic crossing quickly spiraled into a fight for survival at the outset of hurricane season. First, the engine dies; then they discover their water supply is contaminated and undrinkable and their food provisions dwindling. Forced to navigate by the stars while battling high winds and storms, the days stretch to weeks and their mental health begins to deteriorate. How they survived—and processed the aftermath—forms the heart of this deeply personal story of resilience and self-discovery. Karson will be joined in conversation by author and marine biologist Beth Ann Mathews, who knows a thing or two about sailing on the open sea. Beth Ann’s own debut memoir, Deep Waters: A Memoir of Loss, Alaska Adventure, and Love Rekindled, recounts her family’s extraordinary journey following her husband’s life-altering stroke—and his unwavering insistence that restoring his health required the family sailing across the treacherous Gulf of Alaska. Together, Karson and Beth Ann offer unforgettable real-life stories of women finding inner strength while facing down the ocean’s raw power. This is an evening you won't want to miss! About the Authors Karson Brown is an author, multidisciplinary artist, and photographer who grew up living aboard boats in the Pacific Northwest. Raised in a family of artists, writers, and poets, her work spans painting, photography, beach sculptures, and prose. By twenty-one, she was working on a fishing vessel in the Bering Sea, and before thirty, she survived the harrowing Atlantic crossing that in
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- Karson BrownAuthor
- Beth Ann MathewsAuthor
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- 48 Days to BarbadosKarson Brown
- Deep Waters: A Memoir of Loss, Alaska Adventure, and Love RekindledBeth Ann Mathews
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