Maurice and Maralyn

Easily one of the most captivating works of narrative nonfiction I’ve ever read, Maurice and Maralyn is at once a gripping story of survival at sea and a haunting account of the yearning to escape the ordinary, the mysteries of marriage, and the fleeting nature of fame. It hasn’t left my mind since I finished it

OLIVER BURKEMAN, author of Four Thousand Weeks

Easily one of the most captivating works of narrative nonfiction I’ve ever read, Maurice and Maralyn is at once a gripping story of survival at sea and a haunting account of the yearning to escape the ordinary, the mysteries of marriage, and the fleeting nature of fame. It hasn’t left my mind since I finished it

OLIVER BURKEMAN, author of Four Thousand Weeks

Easily one of the most captivating works of narrative nonfiction I’ve ever read, Maurice and Maralyn is at once a gripping story of survival at sea and a haunting account of the yearning to escape the ordinary, the mysteries of marriage, and the fleeting nature of fame. It hasn’t left my mind since I finished it

OLIVER BURKEMAN, author of Four Thousand Weeks

Easily one of the most captivating works of narrative nonfiction I’ve ever read, Maurice and Maralyn is at once a gripping story of survival at sea and a haunting account of the yearning to escape the ordinary, the mysteries of marriage, and the fleeting nature of fame. It hasn’t left my mind since I finished it

OLIVER BURKEMAN, author of Four Thousand Weeks

Easily one of the most captivating works of narrative nonfiction I’ve ever read, Maurice and Maralyn is at once a gripping story of survival at sea and a haunting account of the yearning to escape the ordinary, the mysteries of marriage, and the fleeting nature of fame. It hasn’t left my mind since I finished it

OLIVER BURKEMAN, author of Four Thousand Weeks

Easily one of the most captivating works of narrative nonfiction I’ve ever read, Maurice and Maralyn is at once a gripping story of survival at sea and a haunting account of the yearning to escape the ordinary, the mysteries of marriage, and the fleeting nature of fame. It hasn’t left my mind since I finished it

OLIVER BURKEMAN, author of Four Thousand Weeks

Easily one of the most captivating works of narrative nonfiction I’ve ever read, Maurice and Maralyn is at once a gripping story of survival at sea and a haunting account of the yearning to escape the ordinary, the mysteries of marriage, and the fleeting nature of fame. It hasn’t left my mind since I finished it

OLIVER BURKEMAN, author of Four Thousand Weeks

Easily one of the most captivating works of narrative nonfiction I’ve ever read, Maurice and Maralyn is at once a gripping story of survival at sea and a haunting account of the yearning to escape the ordinary, the mysteries of marriage, and the fleeting nature of fame. It hasn’t left my mind since I finished it

OLIVER BURKEMAN, author of Four Thousand Weeks

Easily one of the most captivating works of narrative nonfiction I’ve ever read, Maurice and Maralyn is at once a gripping story of survival at sea and a haunting account of the yearning to escape the ordinary, the mysteries of marriage, and the fleeting nature of fame. It hasn’t left my mind since I finished it

OLIVER BURKEMAN, author of Four Thousand Weeks

Easily one of the most captivating works of narrative nonfiction I’ve ever read, Maurice and Maralyn is at once a gripping story of survival at sea and a haunting account of the yearning to escape the ordinary, the mysteries of marriage, and the fleeting nature of fame. It hasn’t left my mind since I finished it

OLIVER BURKEMAN, author of Four Thousand Weeks

No one finds the wit, warmth and mischief in a story quite like Sophie Elmhirst. I will read anything she writes

HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult Women

No one finds the wit, warmth and mischief in a story quite like Sophie Elmhirst. I will read anything she writes

HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult Women

No one finds the wit, warmth and mischief in a story quite like Sophie Elmhirst. I will read anything she writes

HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult Women

No one finds the wit, warmth and mischief in a story quite like Sophie Elmhirst. I will read anything she writes

HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult Women

No one finds the wit, warmth and mischief in a story quite like Sophie Elmhirst. I will read anything she writes

HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult Women

No one finds the wit, warmth and mischief in a story quite like Sophie Elmhirst. I will read anything she writes

HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult Women

No one finds the wit, warmth and mischief in a story quite like Sophie Elmhirst. I will read anything she writes

HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult Women

No one finds the wit, warmth and mischief in a story quite like Sophie Elmhirst. I will read anything she writes

HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult Women

No one finds the wit, warmth and mischief in a story quite like Sophie Elmhirst. I will read anything she writes

HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult Women

No one finds the wit, warmth and mischief in a story quite like Sophie Elmhirst. I will read anything she writes

HELEN LEWIS, author of Difficult Women

The most extraordinary book about facing challenges, holding onto hope in dark times and how easy it is to become lost even when you’re surrounded by others. It’s beautiful, moving and genuinely unputdownable . . . utterly captivating and so special

JOANNA CANNON, author of A Tidy Ending

The most extraordinary book about facing challenges, holding onto hope in dark times and how easy it is to become lost even when you’re surrounded by others. It’s beautiful, moving and genuinely unputdownable . . . utterly captivating and so special

JOANNA CANNON, author of A Tidy Ending

The most extraordinary book about facing challenges, holding onto hope in dark times and how easy it is to become lost even when you’re surrounded by others. It’s beautiful, moving and genuinely unputdownable . . . utterly captivating and so special

JOANNA CANNON, author of A Tidy Ending

The most extraordinary book about facing challenges, holding onto hope in dark times and how easy it is to become lost even when you’re surrounded by others. It’s beautiful, moving and genuinely unputdownable . . . utterly captivating and so special

JOANNA CANNON, author of A Tidy Ending

The most extraordinary book about facing challenges, holding onto hope in dark times and how easy it is to become lost even when you’re surrounded by others. It’s beautiful, moving and genuinely unputdownable . . . utterly captivating and so special

JOANNA CANNON, author of A Tidy Ending

The most extraordinary book about facing challenges, holding onto hope in dark times and how easy it is to become lost even when you’re surrounded by others. It’s beautiful, moving and genuinely unputdownable . . . utterly captivating and so special

JOANNA CANNON, author of A Tidy Ending

The most extraordinary book about facing challenges, holding onto hope in dark times and how easy it is to become lost even when you’re surrounded by others. It’s beautiful, moving and genuinely unputdownable . . . utterly captivating and so special

JOANNA CANNON, author of A Tidy Ending

The most extraordinary book about facing challenges, holding onto hope in dark times and how easy it is to become lost even when you’re surrounded by others. It’s beautiful, moving and genuinely unputdownable . . . utterly captivating and so special

JOANNA CANNON, author of A Tidy Ending

The most extraordinary book about facing challenges, holding onto hope in dark times and how easy it is to become lost even when you’re surrounded by others. It’s beautiful, moving and genuinely unputdownable . . . utterly captivating and so special

JOANNA CANNON, author of A Tidy Ending

The most extraordinary book about facing challenges, holding onto hope in dark times and how easy it is to become lost even when you’re surrounded by others. It’s beautiful, moving and genuinely unputdownable . . . utterly captivating and so special

JOANNA CANNON, author of A Tidy Ending

I loved everything about this inspirational, funny, painful, jaw-dropping and moving celebration of an ordinary couple caught in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable. A poignant reminder that in facing catastrophe, we often discover who we really are

RACHEL JOYCE, author of Maureen Fry & the Angel of the North

I loved everything about this inspirational, funny, painful, jaw-dropping and moving celebration of an ordinary couple caught in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable. A poignant reminder that in facing catastrophe, we often discover who we really are

RACHEL JOYCE, author of Maureen Fry & the Angel of the North

I loved everything about this inspirational, funny, painful, jaw-dropping and moving celebration of an ordinary couple caught in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable. A poignant reminder that in facing catastrophe, we often discover who we really are

RACHEL JOYCE, author of Maureen Fry & the Angel of the North

I loved everything about this inspirational, funny, painful, jaw-dropping and moving celebration of an ordinary couple caught in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable. A poignant reminder that in facing catastrophe, we often discover who we really are

RACHEL JOYCE, author of Maureen Fry & the Angel of the North

I loved everything about this inspirational, funny, painful, jaw-dropping and moving celebration of an ordinary couple caught in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable. A poignant reminder that in facing catastrophe, we often discover who we really are

RACHEL JOYCE, author of Maureen Fry & the Angel of the North

I loved everything about this inspirational, funny, painful, jaw-dropping and moving celebration of an ordinary couple caught in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable. A poignant reminder that in facing catastrophe, we often discover who we really are

RACHEL JOYCE, author of Maureen Fry & the Angel of the North

I loved everything about this inspirational, funny, painful, jaw-dropping and moving celebration of an ordinary couple caught in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable. A poignant reminder that in facing catastrophe, we often discover who we really are

RACHEL JOYCE, author of Maureen Fry & the Angel of the North

I loved everything about this inspirational, funny, painful, jaw-dropping and moving celebration of an ordinary couple caught in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable. A poignant reminder that in facing catastrophe, we often discover who we really are

RACHEL JOYCE, author of Maureen Fry & the Angel of the North

I loved everything about this inspirational, funny, painful, jaw-dropping and moving celebration of an ordinary couple caught in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable. A poignant reminder that in facing catastrophe, we often discover who we really are

RACHEL JOYCE, author of Maureen Fry & the Angel of the North

I loved everything about this inspirational, funny, painful, jaw-dropping and moving celebration of an ordinary couple caught in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable. A poignant reminder that in facing catastrophe, we often discover who we really are

RACHEL JOYCE, author of Maureen Fry & the Angel of the North

This is a survival story of relentless power, an epic of human resourcefulness, and of the emotional toll taken at last by suffering’s extremity

COLIN THUBRON, author of The Amur River

This is a survival story of relentless power, an epic of human resourcefulness, and of the emotional toll taken at last by suffering’s extremity

COLIN THUBRON, author of The Amur River

This is a survival story of relentless power, an epic of human resourcefulness, and of the emotional toll taken at last by suffering’s extremity

COLIN THUBRON, author of The Amur River

This is a survival story of relentless power, an epic of human resourcefulness, and of the emotional toll taken at last by suffering’s extremity

COLIN THUBRON, author of The Amur River

This is a survival story of relentless power, an epic of human resourcefulness, and of the emotional toll taken at last by suffering’s extremity

COLIN THUBRON, author of The Amur River

This is a survival story of relentless power, an epic of human resourcefulness, and of the emotional toll taken at last by suffering’s extremity

COLIN THUBRON, author of The Amur River

This is a survival story of relentless power, an epic of human resourcefulness, and of the emotional toll taken at last by suffering’s extremity

COLIN THUBRON, author of The Amur River

This is a survival story of relentless power, an epic of human resourcefulness, and of the emotional toll taken at last by suffering’s extremity

COLIN THUBRON, author of The Amur River

This is a survival story of relentless power, an epic of human resourcefulness, and of the emotional toll taken at last by suffering’s extremity

COLIN THUBRON, author of The Amur River

This is a survival story of relentless power, an epic of human resourcefulness, and of the emotional toll taken at last by suffering’s extremity

COLIN THUBRON, author of The Amur River

An exciting, fast-paced, terrifying adventure story, and at the same time a slow, gentle commentary on love

ALEXANDER MASTERS, author of Stuart: a Life Backwards

An exciting, fast-paced, terrifying adventure story, and at the same time a slow, gentle commentary on love

ALEXANDER MASTERS, author of Stuart: a Life Backwards

An exciting, fast-paced, terrifying adventure story, and at the same time a slow, gentle commentary on love

ALEXANDER MASTERS, author of Stuart: a Life Backwards

An exciting, fast-paced, terrifying adventure story, and at the same time a slow, gentle commentary on love

ALEXANDER MASTERS, author of Stuart: a Life Backwards

An exciting, fast-paced, terrifying adventure story, and at the same time a slow, gentle commentary on love

ALEXANDER MASTERS, author of Stuart: a Life Backwards

An exciting, fast-paced, terrifying adventure story, and at the same time a slow, gentle commentary on love

ALEXANDER MASTERS, author of Stuart: a Life Backwards

An exciting, fast-paced, terrifying adventure story, and at the same time a slow, gentle commentary on love

ALEXANDER MASTERS, author of Stuart: a Life Backwards

An exciting, fast-paced, terrifying adventure story, and at the same time a slow, gentle commentary on love

ALEXANDER MASTERS, author of Stuart: a Life Backwards

An exciting, fast-paced, terrifying adventure story, and at the same time a slow, gentle commentary on love

ALEXANDER MASTERS, author of Stuart: a Life Backwards

An exciting, fast-paced, terrifying adventure story, and at the same time a slow, gentle commentary on love

ALEXANDER MASTERS, author of Stuart: a Life Backwards

Much of human life is contained in this beautiful, moving book about two people cut off from everything but each other

LARISSA MACFARQUHAR, author of Strangers Drowning

Much of human life is contained in this beautiful, moving book about two people cut off from everything but each other

LARISSA MACFARQUHAR, author of Strangers Drowning

Much of human life is contained in this beautiful, moving book about two people cut off from everything but each other

LARISSA MACFARQUHAR, author of Strangers Drowning

Much of human life is contained in this beautiful, moving book about two people cut off from everything but each other

LARISSA MACFARQUHAR, author of Strangers Drowning

Much of human life is contained in this beautiful, moving book about two people cut off from everything but each other

LARISSA MACFARQUHAR, author of Strangers Drowning

Much of human life is contained in this beautiful, moving book about two people cut off from everything but each other

LARISSA MACFARQUHAR, author of Strangers Drowning

Much of human life is contained in this beautiful, moving book about two people cut off from everything but each other

LARISSA MACFARQUHAR, author of Strangers Drowning

Much of human life is contained in this beautiful, moving book about two people cut off from everything but each other

LARISSA MACFARQUHAR, author of Strangers Drowning

Much of human life is contained in this beautiful, moving book about two people cut off from everything but each other

LARISSA MACFARQUHAR, author of Strangers Drowning

Much of human life is contained in this beautiful, moving book about two people cut off from everything but each other

LARISSA MACFARQUHAR, author of Strangers Drowning

This dramatic, profound human story is so beautifully told in calm, thoughtful, perfectly judged prose. I really could not put it down

NINA STIBBE, author of Love, Nina

This dramatic, profound human story is so beautifully told in calm, thoughtful, perfectly judged prose. I really could not put it down

NINA STIBBE, author of Love, Nina

This dramatic, profound human story is so beautifully told in calm, thoughtful, perfectly judged prose. I really could not put it down

NINA STIBBE, author of Love, Nina

This dramatic, profound human story is so beautifully told in calm, thoughtful, perfectly judged prose. I really could not put it down

NINA STIBBE, author of Love, Nina

This dramatic, profound human story is so beautifully told in calm, thoughtful, perfectly judged prose. I really could not put it down

NINA STIBBE, author of Love, Nina

This dramatic, profound human story is so beautifully told in calm, thoughtful, perfectly judged prose. I really could not put it down

NINA STIBBE, author of Love, Nina

This dramatic, profound human story is so beautifully told in calm, thoughtful, perfectly judged prose. I really could not put it down

NINA STIBBE, author of Love, Nina

This dramatic, profound human story is so beautifully told in calm, thoughtful, perfectly judged prose. I really could not put it down

NINA STIBBE, author of Love, Nina

This dramatic, profound human story is so beautifully told in calm, thoughtful, perfectly judged prose. I really could not put it down

NINA STIBBE, author of Love, Nina

This dramatic, profound human story is so beautifully told in calm, thoughtful, perfectly judged prose. I really could not put it down

NINA STIBBE, author of Love, Nina

A beautiful, searing book -- a miniature epic of seafaring and survival with an unbreakable, unusual love story at its heart

SAM KNIGHT, author of The Premonitions Bureau

A beautiful, searing book -- a miniature epic of seafaring and survival with an unbreakable, unusual love story at its heart

SAM KNIGHT, author of The Premonitions Bureau

A beautiful, searing book -- a miniature epic of seafaring and survival with an unbreakable, unusual love story at its heart

SAM KNIGHT, author of The Premonitions Bureau

A beautiful, searing book -- a miniature epic of seafaring and survival with an unbreakable, unusual love story at its heart

SAM KNIGHT, author of The Premonitions Bureau

A beautiful, searing book -- a miniature epic of seafaring and survival with an unbreakable, unusual love story at its heart

SAM KNIGHT, author of The Premonitions Bureau

A beautiful, searing book -- a miniature epic of seafaring and survival with an unbreakable, unusual love story at its heart

SAM KNIGHT, author of The Premonitions Bureau

A beautiful, searing book -- a miniature epic of seafaring and survival with an unbreakable, unusual love story at its heart

SAM KNIGHT, author of The Premonitions Bureau

A beautiful, searing book -- a miniature epic of seafaring and survival with an unbreakable, unusual love story at its heart

SAM KNIGHT, author of The Premonitions Bureau

A beautiful, searing book -- a miniature epic of seafaring and survival with an unbreakable, unusual love story at its heart

SAM KNIGHT, author of The Premonitions Bureau

A beautiful, searing book -- a miniature epic of seafaring and survival with an unbreakable, unusual love story at its heart

SAM KNIGHT, author of The Premonitions Bureau

An extraordinary story of an even more extraordinary marriage. Sophie Elmhirst's prose is spare and elegant, and in her hands Maurice and Maralyn come vividly to life, characters who will remain with the reader long after they finish this compelling book. I turned each page with my heart in my mouth

FRANCESCA SEGAL, author of Mother Ship

An extraordinary story of an even more extraordinary marriage. Sophie Elmhirst's prose is spare and elegant, and in her hands Maurice and Maralyn come vividly to life, characters who will remain with the reader long after they finish this compelling book. I turned each page with my heart in my mouth

FRANCESCA SEGAL, author of Mother Ship

An extraordinary story of an even more extraordinary marriage. Sophie Elmhirst's prose is spare and elegant, and in her hands Maurice and Maralyn come vividly to life, characters who will remain with the reader long after they finish this compelling book. I turned each page with my heart in my mouth

FRANCESCA SEGAL, author of Mother Ship

An extraordinary story of an even more extraordinary marriage. Sophie Elmhirst's prose is spare and elegant, and in her hands Maurice and Maralyn come vividly to life, characters who will remain with the reader long after they finish this compelling book. I turned each page with my heart in my mouth

FRANCESCA SEGAL, author of Mother Ship

An extraordinary story of an even more extraordinary marriage. Sophie Elmhirst's prose is spare and elegant, and in her hands Maurice and Maralyn come vividly to life, characters who will remain with the reader long after they finish this compelling book. I turned each page with my heart in my mouth

FRANCESCA SEGAL, author of Mother Ship

An extraordinary story of an even more extraordinary marriage. Sophie Elmhirst's prose is spare and elegant, and in her hands Maurice and Maralyn come vividly to life, characters who will remain with the reader long after they finish this compelling book. I turned each page with my heart in my mouth

FRANCESCA SEGAL, author of Mother Ship

An extraordinary story of an even more extraordinary marriage. Sophie Elmhirst's prose is spare and elegant, and in her hands Maurice and Maralyn come vividly to life, characters who will remain with the reader long after they finish this compelling book. I turned each page with my heart in my mouth

FRANCESCA SEGAL, author of Mother Ship

An extraordinary story of an even more extraordinary marriage. Sophie Elmhirst's prose is spare and elegant, and in her hands Maurice and Maralyn come vividly to life, characters who will remain with the reader long after they finish this compelling book. I turned each page with my heart in my mouth

FRANCESCA SEGAL, author of Mother Ship

An extraordinary story of an even more extraordinary marriage. Sophie Elmhirst's prose is spare and elegant, and in her hands Maurice and Maralyn come vividly to life, characters who will remain with the reader long after they finish this compelling book. I turned each page with my heart in my mouth

FRANCESCA SEGAL, author of Mother Ship

An extraordinary story of an even more extraordinary marriage. Sophie Elmhirst's prose is spare and elegant, and in her hands Maurice and Maralyn come vividly to life, characters who will remain with the reader long after they finish this compelling book. I turned each page with my heart in my mouth

FRANCESCA SEGAL, author of Mother Ship

An absolute jewel of a book. I can’t stop thinking about it

INDIA KNIGHT, author of Darling

An absolute jewel of a book. I can’t stop thinking about it

INDIA KNIGHT, author of Darling

An absolute jewel of a book. I can’t stop thinking about it

INDIA KNIGHT, author of Darling

An absolute jewel of a book. I can’t stop thinking about it

INDIA KNIGHT, author of Darling

An absolute jewel of a book. I can’t stop thinking about it

INDIA KNIGHT, author of Darling

An absolute jewel of a book. I can’t stop thinking about it

INDIA KNIGHT, author of Darling

An absolute jewel of a book. I can’t stop thinking about it

INDIA KNIGHT, author of Darling

An absolute jewel of a book. I can’t stop thinking about it

INDIA KNIGHT, author of Darling

An absolute jewel of a book. I can’t stop thinking about it

INDIA KNIGHT, author of Darling

An absolute jewel of a book. I can’t stop thinking about it

INDIA KNIGHT, author of Darling

A mysterious, quiet, beautiful book about fate and marriage and the kind of loneliness that is honored and nourished rather than avoided. Sophie Elmhirst manages to illustrate the ways in which committing to a loving relationship—while shipwrecked or not—can become a matter of survival

RACHEL AVIV, author of Strangers to Ourselves

A mysterious, quiet, beautiful book about fate and marriage and the kind of loneliness that is honored and nourished rather than avoided. Sophie Elmhirst manages to illustrate the ways in which committing to a loving relationship—while shipwrecked or not—can become a matter of survival

RACHEL AVIV, author of Strangers to Ourselves

A mysterious, quiet, beautiful book about fate and marriage and the kind of loneliness that is honored and nourished rather than avoided. Sophie Elmhirst manages to illustrate the ways in which committing to a loving relationship—while shipwrecked or not—can become a matter of survival

RACHEL AVIV, author of Strangers to Ourselves

A mysterious, quiet, beautiful book about fate and marriage and the kind of loneliness that is honored and nourished rather than avoided. Sophie Elmhirst manages to illustrate the ways in which committing to a loving relationship—while shipwrecked or not—can become a matter of survival

RACHEL AVIV, author of Strangers to Ourselves

A mysterious, quiet, beautiful book about fate and marriage and the kind of loneliness that is honored and nourished rather than avoided. Sophie Elmhirst manages to illustrate the ways in which committing to a loving relationship—while shipwrecked or not—can become a matter of survival

RACHEL AVIV, author of Strangers to Ourselves

A mysterious, quiet, beautiful book about fate and marriage and the kind of loneliness that is honored and nourished rather than avoided. Sophie Elmhirst manages to illustrate the ways in which committing to a loving relationship—while shipwrecked or not—can become a matter of survival

RACHEL AVIV, author of Strangers to Ourselves

A mysterious, quiet, beautiful book about fate and marriage and the kind of loneliness that is honored and nourished rather than avoided. Sophie Elmhirst manages to illustrate the ways in which committing to a loving relationship—while shipwrecked or not—can become a matter of survival

RACHEL AVIV, author of Strangers to Ourselves

A mysterious, quiet, beautiful book about fate and marriage and the kind of loneliness that is honored and nourished rather than avoided. Sophie Elmhirst manages to illustrate the ways in which committing to a loving relationship—while shipwrecked or not—can become a matter of survival

RACHEL AVIV, author of Strangers to Ourselves

A mysterious, quiet, beautiful book about fate and marriage and the kind of loneliness that is honored and nourished rather than avoided. Sophie Elmhirst manages to illustrate the ways in which committing to a loving relationship—while shipwrecked or not—can become a matter of survival

RACHEL AVIV, author of Strangers to Ourselves

A mysterious, quiet, beautiful book about fate and marriage and the kind of loneliness that is honored and nourished rather than avoided. Sophie Elmhirst manages to illustrate the ways in which committing to a loving relationship—while shipwrecked or not—can become a matter of survival

RACHEL AVIV, author of Strangers to Ourselves