Adrift

While Ashcraft believed her book the last word on the matter, Hollywood recently made it into a film: Adrift, starring Shailene Woodley (below) as Ashcraft and Samlafin as Sharp. “The one scene that kind of really threw me is when Shailene is leaning over the side, putting the duct tape on the hull. Just seeing her alone, with no land in sight, with that wrecked boat—oh my gosh, it just brought me right back,” Ashcraft said after seeing the movie.

“It’s uncanny how much Sam looks like Richard, for one thing,” Ashcraft also said. “He’s just perfect for the part. The other day we were all together, and he had us all laughing, and I just looked at him and went, ‘You just remind me so much of Richard,’ because everybody’s drawn to him. I think the universe sent us Sam to play Richard, he’s just so perfect.”