Riverhead Books A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
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The true story of a young couple shipwrecked at sea, this Riverhead Books paperback will be hard to put down. It's a mind-blowing tale of obsession, survival and partnership stretched to its limits.
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- A jaw-dropping true survival story
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From the publisher:
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?
Taut, propulsive, and dazzling, A Marriage at Sea pairs an adrenaline-fueled high seas adventure with a gutting love story that asks why we love difficult people, and who we become under the most extreme conditions imaginable. Readers will be riveted by the astonishing details of how this otherwise average, middle-class couple lived for months on a life raft in the ocean, and what extreme actions they end up driven to take.
Author Sophie Elmhirst had access to Maralyn's detailed diaries, letters and interviews, as well as 2 books that Maurice and Maralyn wrote in the 1970s about their experience. She's also assembled all the 1970s press coverage, TV interviews, and even the photos taken by Maurice and Maralyn of their boat sinking and of their daily life on the raft.
View all Riverhead Books Non-Fictional AdventuresMaurice 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?
Taut, propulsive, and dazzling, A Marriage at Sea pairs an adrenaline-fueled high seas adventure with a gutting love story that asks why we love difficult people, and who we become under the most extreme conditions imaginable. Readers will be riveted by the astonishing details of how this otherwise average, middle-class couple lived for months on a life raft in the ocean, and what extreme actions they end up driven to take.
Author Sophie Elmhirst had access to Maralyn's detailed diaries, letters and interviews, as well as 2 books that Maurice and Maralyn wrote in the 1970s about their experience. She's also assembled all the 1970s press coverage, TV interviews, and even the photos taken by Maurice and Maralyn of their boat sinking and of their daily life on the raft.
| Best Use | Casual |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 8 x 5.19 inches |
| Author(s) | Sophie Elmhirst |
| Number of Pages | 256 |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9780593854297 |
| Publisher | Riverhead Books |
| Copyright Year | 2026 |
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