Author Talk: J.R. Roessl--author of "Unmoored: Coming of Age in Troubled Waters."

J.R. Roessl, author of the sailing memoir "Unmoored: Coming of Age in Troubled Waters" spoke at the Civic Center Library. Set against a backdrop of the tropics, teenage torment, and a coterie of colorful and unforgettable characters, "Unmoored" tells a story of a young woman’s budding independence and personal growth. Aboard her family’s forty-foot sailboat Heritage, fueled by humor and her indomitable spirit, she learns to trust her intuition and to understand the power of self-reliance as her family hopscotches from port to port along the rugged coastlines from San Francisco to Central America and beyond.