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Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst
Book of the Week. An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril. A fight for survival and a test of their love follows. Dorothy Atkinson reads.
Maurice and Maralyn tells the story of what happened when a husband and wife decided to escape their suburban life in 1970s Derby, and instead build a boat and sail to New Zealand. Their dream crumbled after a perilous encounter with a whale left them adrift on the Pacific ocean on a tiny raft. A fight for survival followed, as well as a test of their endurance and their love for one another. Dorothy Atkinson reads.
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