A marriage at sea: a true story of love, obsession, and shipwreck
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New York : Riverhead Books, 2025.
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Book
Edition:
First United States edition.
Physical Desc:
246 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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19 copies, 46 people are on the wait list.
1 copy on order.
1 copy on order.
Description
"The electrifying true story of a young couple shipwrecked at sea: a mind-blowing tale of obsession, survival, and partnership stretched to its limits. Maurice and Maralyn make an odd couple. He's a loner, awkward and obsessive; she's charismatic and ambitious. But they share a horror of wasting their lives. And they dream - as we all dream - of running away from it all. What if they quit their jobs, sold their house, bought a boat, and sailed away? Most of us begin and end with the daydream. But Mauricebegan to study nautical navigation. Maralyn made detailed lists of provisions. And in June 1972, they set sail. For nearly a year all went well, until deep in the Pacific, a breaching whale knocked a hole in their boat and it sank beneath the waves. Whatensues is a jaw-dropping fight to survive on the wild ocean, with little hope of rescue. Alone together for months in a tiny rubber raft, starving and exhausted, Maurice and Maralyn have to find not only ways to stay alive but ways to get along, as theirinner demons emerge and their marriage is put to the greatest of tests. Although they could run away from the world, they can't run away from themselves. Taut, propulsive, and dazzling, A MARRIAGE AT SEA pairs adrenaline-fueled high seas adventure with agutting love story that asks why we love difficult people, and who we become under the most extreme conditions imaginable"--
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780593854280, 0593854284
Notes
General Note
"First published in hardcover in Great Britain as Maurice and Maralyn: a Whale, a Shipwreck, a Love Story by Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Penguin Random House Ltd., London, in 2024"-- Title page verso.
Description
"The electrifying true story of a young couple shipwrecked at sea: a mind-blowing tale of obsession, survival, and partnership stretched to its limits. Maurice and Maralyn make an odd couple. He's a loner, awkward and obsessive; she's charismatic and ambitious. But they share a horror of wasting their lives. And they dream - as we all dream - of running away from it all. What if they quit their jobs, sold their house, bought a boat, and sailed away? Most of us begin and end with the daydream. But Mauricebegan to study nautical navigation. Maralyn made detailed lists of provisions. And in June 1972, they set sail. For nearly a year all went well, until deep in the Pacific, a breaching whale knocked a hole in their boat and it sank beneath the waves. Whatensues is a jaw-dropping fight to survive on the wild ocean, with little hope of rescue. Alone together for months in a tiny rubber raft, starving and exhausted, Maurice and Maralyn have to find not only ways to stay alive but ways to get along, as theirinner demons emerge and their marriage is put to the greatest of tests. Although they could run away from the world, they can't run away from themselves. Taut, propulsive, and dazzling, A MARRIAGE AT SEA pairs adrenaline-fueled high seas adventure with agutting love story that asks why we love difficult people, and who we become under the most extreme conditions imaginable"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Elmhirst, S. (2025). A marriage at sea: a true story of love, obsession, and shipwreck. First United States edition. Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Elmhirst, Sophie. 2025. A Marriage At Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck. Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Elmhirst, Sophie, A Marriage At Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck. Riverhead Books, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Elmhirst, Sophie. A Marriage At Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck. First United States edition. Riverhead Books, 2025.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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