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Alone

Orphaned on the Ocean

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A tanker steaming through the deep Northwest Providence Channel of the Bahamas comes across a shocking sight: a lone dinghy carrying Captain Julian Harvey and the body of a young girl. They are all that remain of the ketch Bluebelle, a handsome 60-foot sailing yacht chartered by the Duperrault family of Green Bay, Wisconsin. But their happy family vacation went terribly wrong when, according to Harvey, a violent and unexpected squall smashed the giant main mast, killed Harvey's wife and the others, and sank the boat. Harvey found the child floating dead and, as far as he knows, he is the only survivor. Or is he?

Four days later, just as Captain Harvey is testifying at a Coast Guard hearing about the tragic accident, amazing news of another survivor arrives. Eleven-year-old Terry Jo Duperrault has been found barely alive on a flimsy cork-and-canvas float with no food or water. Harvey takes the news calmly, finishes his testimony, and leaves...to commit bloody suicide.

This is the chillingly detailed inside story of what really happened during that trip and the decades-long courage of the sole survivor of a murderous crime.

©2010 Richard Logan and Tere Duperrault Fassbender (P)2010 Tantor Murder True Crime Women Survival Crime

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"A genuinely harrowing, wrenching and deeply memorable account of survival against all odds." (Ron Franscell, best-selling author of The Darkest Night)
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This has to be the best book I have ever read. I was there every step of the way with Tete and her family and with Tete more so since the tragity on the sailing boat! Tete seems to be a lovely person and her children and grandchildren are very lucky to have such a loving mum and grandmother. Thank you Here you have given me a lot to take with me and I have told everyone "Alone is a must". Take care with yr family and enjoy the rest of your retirement without the "elephant"! Sharon McCafferty

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A tragic but fascinating tale of bravery. Loved every page and would definitely recommend 👌

fascinating story

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What a story, utterly shocking what she went through and not just for the 4 days alone on the raft but for all the years later. well written, well narrated.

Wow!!!

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it was a little over long for me with some repatition. I also 0ersonally hate when narrators put 9n stutters and speech impediments (but I think its just me!)..
A really interesting story of a lucky and plucky girl and a weird weird 'man'

interesting but..

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the narrator read like a list of facts could of been so much better

read like a fact sheet

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