Black Wave: A Family’s Adventure at Sea and the Disaster That Saved Them by John and Jean Silverwood, with Malcolm McConnell; Unabridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Carrington MacDuffie and Joe Barrett

When Californians John Silverwood and his wife Jean decided to take their four children on a sail around the world on their fifty-five-foot catamaran, Emerald Jane, they could not foresee the range of adventure that awaited them. The pressures of a family and a marriage in such cramped quarters were nothing compared to the terrifying forces of nature. But while in the South Pacific, just as it seemed to them that they had mastered every challenge, their world was shattered in a split second of unimaginable horror. Now the real test began, forcing them to fight for their very lives.

“…an eye-opening account of how much and how little sea travel has changed in 150 years [that] accentuates the heroism of this family that overcame an extraordinary ordeal.”—Publishers Weekly

JEAN AND JOHN SILVERWOOD live in California with their four children.