Call number
Publication
Toronto, Ont.: Anchor Canada, , 2005, c2003
Pages
305
Description
Describes how the author and her husband, two fortysomething professionals, quit their stressful careers, rented out their house, and embarked on a two-year voyage around the Caribbean aboard a forty-two-foot sailboat.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2003
Physical description
305 p.; 8.5 inches
ISBN
0385659555 / 9780385659550
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LibraryThing member thornton37814
Ann & Steve quit their jobs as editors to live out their dream of sailing the Caribbean. They sail in the Receta, eventually to most of the major islands of the Caribbean, spending more time in some countries than in others. Grenada seems to be their favorite. The narrative was sometimes
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interesting, but rarely gripping. Persons more interested in the mechanics of sailing might find it more enjoyable, but the narrative seemed to bog down in things that were of less interest to the average travel narrative reader. While I enjoy reading accounts of food history and food writing, these parts did not flow as many food narratives do either. Show Less
LibraryThing member lddurham
I only got half-way through this book. It was amusing, but not very gripping. I never needed to turn the page. Eventually I set it down and forgot about it until my late notice arrived from the library. Ah well. Not a bad book.
LibraryThing member AnigL
I'm not quite sure what it's about yet, but from the book jacket, I already know I'm attracted to the element of island breezes that the book brings.
LibraryThing member LibraryCin
3.5 stars
The author, Ann, and her husband, Steve, decided to take two years to sail to and around the Caribbean. This is a memoir of their journey.
I enjoyed this. There was a little too much discussion of local food (with recipes included) for me, but I'm sure there a lots of people who would
The author, Ann, and her husband, Steve, decided to take two years to sail to and around the Caribbean. This is a memoir of their journey.
I enjoyed this. There was a little too much discussion of local food (with recipes included) for me, but I'm sure there a lots of people who would
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enjoy that. It does help with describing the culture of all the various places/islands they visited. Along the way, they also met plenty of other cruisers and locals. At the end of the book, I would have liked to hear a bit about how they got over what must have been some culture shock coming back home. They did go back to visit in the Caribbean a few years later, though, so we did get a few updates of some of the local people they'd met. Show Less