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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781529931495
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2025
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Description:
An extraordinary true tale of love, shipwreck and survival, beautifully told -- Maurice and Maralyn's escape from 1970s England and its oil crisis, strikes and inflation is also a story for our times
**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER**
**WINNER OF THE NERO AWARDS GOLD PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024**
**WINNER OF THE NERO AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024**
An extraordinary true story of shipwreck, survival and love
'An enthralling, engrossing story of survival' Bill Bryson
'An absolute jewel of a book' India Knight
'A gripping tale of adventure' Elizabeth Day
'An extraordinary survival story' Sunday Times
Bored of 1970s suburban life, Maurice and Maralyn plan their escape- sell the house, build a boat, set sail for New Zealand. Then, halfway around the world, their beloved boat is struck by a whale and the pair are cast adrift in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Alone on a tiny raft, their love is put to the test. This is a book about human connection and the human condition; about how we survive - not just at sea, but in life.
'This skilful storytelling drew me in...very touching indeed' James Rebanks
'With the adrenaline kick of Jaws . . . A remarkable portrait of a marriage kept afloat against the odds' Financial Times
'This dramatic, profound human story is so beautifully told. I really could not put it down' Nina Stibbe
A Guardian, Observer & Waterstones Non-fiction Book of the Year
**READERS ADORE MAURICE & MARALYN**
'A riveting
ISBN: 9781529931495
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2025
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Description:
An extraordinary true tale of love, shipwreck and survival, beautifully told -- Maurice and Maralyn's escape from 1970s England and its oil crisis, strikes and inflation is also a story for our times
**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER**
**WINNER OF THE NERO AWARDS GOLD PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024**
**WINNER OF THE NERO AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024**
An extraordinary true story of shipwreck, survival and love
'An enthralling, engrossing story of survival' Bill Bryson
'An absolute jewel of a book' India Knight
'A gripping tale of adventure' Elizabeth Day
'An extraordinary survival story' Sunday Times
Bored of 1970s suburban life, Maurice and Maralyn plan their escape- sell the house, build a boat, set sail for New Zealand. Then, halfway around the world, their beloved boat is struck by a whale and the pair are cast adrift in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Alone on a tiny raft, their love is put to the test. This is a book about human connection and the human condition; about how we survive - not just at sea, but in life.
'This skilful storytelling drew me in...very touching indeed' James Rebanks
'With the adrenaline kick of Jaws . . . A remarkable portrait of a marriage kept afloat against the odds' Financial Times
'This dramatic, profound human story is so beautifully told. I really could not put it down' Nina Stibbe
A Guardian, Observer & Waterstones Non-fiction Book of the Year
**READERS ADORE MAURICE & MARALYN**
'A riveting