A Beautifully Written, Breathtakingly Honest, Unsentimental, And Profound Memoir From One Of The Uk's Most Popular Journalists. On A Hot, Still Morning On A Beautiful Beach In Jamaica, Decca Aitkenhead's Life Changed Forever. Her Four-year-old Son Was Paddling Peacefully At The Water's Edge When A Wave Pulled Him Out To Sea. Her Partner, Tony, Swam Out And Saved Their Son's Life--then Drowned Before Her Eyes. When Decca And Tony First Met, A Decade Earlier, She Was A Renowned Guardian Journalist, Profiling Leading Politicians Of The Day; He Was A Dreadlocked Criminal With A History Of Drug Dealing And Violence. No One Thought The Romance Would Last, But It Did--until The Tide Swept Tony Away, Plunging Decca Into The Dark Chasm Of Random Tragedy. Exploring Race And Redemption, Privilege And Prejudice, All At Sea Is A Remarkable Story Of Love And Loss, Of How One Couple Changed Each Other's Lives, And Of What A Sudden Death Can Do To The People Who Survive-- Decca Aitkenhead. Originally Published In Hardcover In Great Britain By Fourth Estate, An Imprint Of Harpercollins Publishers, London, In 2016 -- Tp Verso.
Categories:
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Memoirs
Publisher : Nan A. Talese
Author : Aitkenhead, Decca
Language : English
Published :2016-08-16
Number Of Pages : 240
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0385540655
ISBN-13 : 9780385540650
Item weight : 0.85 lb
Dimensions : 1 in x 5 in x 8.1 in
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