Short, sweet, funny, but also warm & inspiring, this book is about the author's experience as a first-time sailor. It chronicles the sailing journey of both pleasant & not so pleasant (I'm being modest here; to know the actual level of the unpleasantness,you have to read it for yourself) from Greece...
It's unavoidable making the comparison between this book and Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence. Both are memoirs by ex-Pat Brits of their relocation to bucolic parts of Southern Europe, both to be found in my neighborhood book store almost side-by-side under Travel Essays. A blurb from the Daily Tele...
Supposed to be a funny book, but apart from the odd item didn't laugh that much. That said was written well as all the other Chris Stewart books are
I really enjoyed this book until the end...and then it just kind of stopped! I was like, what just happened?? But it was a fun look at this family's life in Spain.
Hah - how serendipitous. As dear M unfolds Stewart's laid back tales, dear Auntie gives us the fraudio.
Part One - Competent Crew. Teach Yourself Sailing. It was Julie Miller who sent me to sea, one wet autumn afternoon on the Wandsworth Road.A pleasant way to spend a blastingly hot summer afternoon but I would not recommend it on to anyone. Read like a shallow sunday magazine piece.
Great cover.
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