About the book

From the highly acclaimed author of Schroder, a smart, sophisticated page literary page-turner about a young family who escape suburbia for a yearlong sailing trip that upends all of their lives.

Juliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her stalled-out dissertation on confessional poetry when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. With their two kids—Sybil, age seven, and George, age two—Juliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four foot sailboat awaits them.

The initial result is transformative; the marriage is given a gust of energy, Juliet emerges from her depression, and the children quickly embrace the joys of being feral children at sea. Despite the stresses of being novice sailors, the family learns to crew the boat together on the ever-changing sea. The vast horizons and isolated islands offer Juliet and Michael reprieve – until they are tested by the unforeseen.

Sea Wife is told in gripping dual perspectives: Juliet’s first person narration, after the journey, as she struggles to come to terms with the life-changing events that unfolded at sea, and Michael’s captain’s log, which provides a riveting, slow-motion account of these same inexorable events, a dialogue that reveals the faultlines created by personal history and political divisions.

Sea Wife is a transporting novel about marriage, family and love in a time of unprecedented turmoil. It is unforgettable in its power and astonishingly perceptive in its portrayal of optimism, disillusionment, and survival. – Taken from http://www.amitygaige.com/sea-wife

My review

When I first started this book I did think, is this going to be for me, but as I read on it was one of the most beautifully written books I have read in a long time! It covers the story of Juliet and her family as they go aboard ‘Juliet’ and the ups and downs of travelling with a small family. You switch from reading the husband’s (Michael) log on the boat to the present time in places. It works brilliantly and towards the end I had a tears in my eyes. I would recommend everyone to read this wonderful book.

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Disclaimer – Thank you to Grace from Fleet books for this free copy of this book. I read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.