Sally Stiles

Plunge! Sally Stiles First edition

Plunge! is an exceptional, deeply-moving memoir--a classic love story, exquisitely told.
       Sally was a New York career woman when David showed up in her life. Their first dinner date was July 13, 1977, the night of the New York Blackout. Six weeks later he told her he had accepted a job in Nigeria. After a romantic weekend at the Pierre Hotel, David left the city. "The noise of the engines was muffled through the window, and as the plane taxied to the runway, the sound faded away, like a love song drawing to a melancholy close."   
        As David struggled to clear a jungle to build a paper mill in West Africa, Sally worked at her fast-paced job, occasionally flew private planes, and led the tenants of her Park Avenue apartment building into battle against her notorious landlord. Over the next nine months, they corresponded--openly, often with humor--and had three brief reunions: in Nigeria, London and New York.
       "Perhaps the distance that separated us, the lack of instant interaction, helped us both to communicate more thoughtfully, more honestly and even more passionately than we might have otherwise."
        "So well written and so compelling." - Louise Crowley, Program Director, Vermont College of Fine Arts, MFA in Writing
       "A deeply moving and deeply-felt story which will resonate with others as it resonated with me" -- Michael Boxall, author, The Great Firewall