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Dancing on Waves: A True Story of Finding Love & Redemption in the Ocean
As a diving photojournalist, HILLARY HAUSER has gone solo to 200 feet on the outside of a Hawaiian crater, explored sinkholes and caves in South Australia, slid into a flooded cavern underneath a mountain in Death Valley, gone down the face of a huge Fijian wave, and crashed on the backside of Molokini Island, Hawaii, in a canoe with six other people. She has chronicled the lives, and deaths, of fishermen, including a dear friend killed by a white shark.
In "Dancing on Waves" Hauser tells the story of her most challenging episode of a frightening plunge into a deep, dark hole of cancer, relationship failure, and depression. She describes her climb back to the surface – and sunlight – again, a journey that offers a front-seat view into the sea and its creatures, fishermen and the dangers they face, the minds of daredevil surfers who ride enormous waves, and the insights of stellar explorers like Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man up Mt. Everest. This story describes how the paralyzing calamity she encountered propelled her to start a citizens' action group for the ocean, called Heal the Ocean, which, over 20 years later, is an important nationally-recognized organization.
In "Dancing on Waves" Hauser tells the story of her most challenging episode of a frightening plunge into a deep, dark hole of cancer, relationship failure, and depression. She describes her climb back to the surface – and sunlight – again, a journey that offers a front-seat view into the sea and its creatures, fishermen and the dangers they face, the minds of daredevil surfers who ride enormous waves, and the insights of stellar explorers like Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man up Mt. Everest. This story describes how the paralyzing calamity she encountered propelled her to start a citizens' action group for the ocean, called Heal the Ocean, which, over 20 years later, is an important nationally-recognized organization.
258 pages, Paperback
Published August 5, 2022
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November 18, 2022
This book is like reading a letter from a friend. Having grown up in Santa Barbara, I am familiar with areas the author, Hillary Hauser, talks about in her book. However, I never knew the story of how the non-profit Heal the Ocean came to be. The author's personal story is woven in with the birth of Heal the Ocean.
Perhaps the best way to describe the book is the quote on the back cover by Randi Rabin, M.A., LMFT, "This book is an amazing journey, a tender and compelling story of one woman's quest to find herself with the help of the ocean. It is about loss and triumph, an inspiring tale that made a fall in love with the Ocean all over again."
Every one can make a difference.
Perhaps the best way to describe the book is the quote on the back cover by Randi Rabin, M.A., LMFT, "This book is an amazing journey, a tender and compelling story of one woman's quest to find herself with the help of the ocean. It is about loss and triumph, an inspiring tale that made a fall in love with the Ocean all over again."
Every one can make a difference.
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July 24, 2023Wonderful book by local author Inused to meet on the beach going for her daily swim.
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