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"""My father is a federal criminal, my father is my hero,"" Barbara McVeigh writes in her memoir Redemption, How Ronald Reagan Nearly Ruined My Life. Reagan fired her father for a union strike in 1981 leading him and 11,500 other families into years of strife. She lost her dream to be an oceanographer and her guitar lessons as her family struggled emotionally and financially. She blamed her father for not placing family first. Years later she takes up sailing, her late great uncle's passion, who had been her best friend. Then bitter truths emerge about the ocean's health and her fourteen year marriage. Against all odds, Barbara takes the helm of her life and makes a passionate project reclaiming her childhood dreams resulting in two first time films that go international with the most important oceanographer and Brazilian guitarist of our time. Then Barbara discovers and confronts the dark shadows of Reagan's energy and environmental policies revealing horrific truths about America's ""Hero of the Republican Party."" Her father is not the federal criminal. Her father is her hero. Barbara has a new dream now and the spirits are guiding her, as they had been all along, in a desperate attempt to share a message of international hope and peace during our darkest hours of global humanity. Time for Redemption."

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Barbara McVeigh bares it all in her memoir and takes us on a fascinating journey of discovery where she uncovers hard truths. Her story is an inspiration to us all. This is the REAL story of a woman's journey from rebellious teenager to a mother of two, who rejects her parents/roots and through motherhood and a slow and painful breakdown of her marriage gains some startling emotional insights. It is a very powerful book because it is written in such an incredibly frank and honest way. She completely exposes herself as the deeply troubled and vulnerable person that she is, trying to come to terms with an unhappy marriage and trying to follow her childhood dreams and passions. She discovers a passion for sailing which allows her to feel free again and connect with her roots. The story is fast paced and written in beautiful prose. It is a real page turner as the author pulls you into the story from the very beginning.

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"Barbara McVeigh is a writer, producer, film maker, activist, educator, mother and sailor and learned the universe loves to laugh. She lives in Northern California and calls on all Musicians, Mortals, Mariners, Angels, Gods and Goddesses to join her for one mission, ""let's advocate respect for our natural world and ensure a healthy, happy future for all our children."""

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