Journey To The Sea A Wonderfully Escapist Collection of New Fiction and Travel Writing

by Brown, Sarah; Tagholm, Hugo; McNeil, Gil; Smith, Alexander McCall; Harris, Joanne; Myerson, Julie; O'Connor, Joseph; Phinn, Gervase; Rendell, Ruth

• ISBN13: 9780091900694
• ISBN10: 0091900697
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Ebury Press

Summary

Collected new travel writing and short stories with a sea theme from some of Britain's finest writers including Alexander McCall Smith, Ruth Rendell, Joanne Harris, Joseph O'Connor and Libby Purvis. Includes gripping accounts of real-life adventures on the ocean from well-known sailors.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
'Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt'	p. 5
Momento	p. 11
Smiles	p. 15
Living Every Second	p. 31
Faith and Hope Fly South	p. 55
In Praise of Narbonne Plage	p. 77
First Sea Lord	p. 95
The Beach Butler	p. 101
Our Surfing Roots: Or why it ain't just a waste of time	p. 119
Contemplating Ithaca	p. 129
Kyle	p. 137
The Sailing Life of Randall Willey	p. 157
Christmas at Sea: Suhaili, 25 December 1968	p. 169
A World in Pieces	p. 175
Don Redondo Goes Surfing with Bob Dylan	p. 189
Family Holiday	p. 201
Journey to the Sea	p. 221
The Naiad	p. 233
Counterworld	p. 241
The Wisdom of the Lighthouse Keepers	p. 261
Three Women, and Something Else	p. 283
The Calling	p. 307
Reading Connemara's Coastline	p. 327
Biographies	p. 337
PiggyBankKids	p. 343
Special Olympics Great Britain	p. 345
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