I am attempting this year to read more non-fiction, so I picked this one up mostly because Barack Obama told me to. Maralyn and Maurice were a bit of an odd couple (he was many years her senior, and a bit of a recluse; she was a young and beautiful dynamo) who married in the late 60s/early 70s in small town UK. They both wanted more adventure, so they began sailing. In 1973, they sold their house, finished building their yacht, and set out on […]
“For better or worse” sometimes means being lost at sea for 117 days with each other.
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst
