May 2016 Non-Fiction Book of the Month.
If you need an illustration of how life can turn from happiness to despair in an instant then read All at Sea an account that shows how, in minutes, Decca Aitkenhead's beloved husband died in front of her. On holiday, their son got into difficulty in the sea and her husband jumped in to rescue him, they both managed to get the boy to shore but her husband drowned. The story of their unlikely relationship and the aftermath of the drowning is told with clarity and a lack of self-pity that makes it hard to read at times. What does shine through is Decca Aitkenhead's tribute to her beautiful husband, her book a way of celebrating his life and considerable achievements.
Like for Like Reading. After You by Natascha McElhone. Living on the Seabed: A Memoir of Love, Life and Survival by Lindsay Nicholson
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
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