All at Sea

All at Sea A Memoir

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Publisher's Synopsis

All at Sea is a remarkable story of love and loss, of how one couple changed each other's life, and of what a sudden death can do to the people who survive.

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 breathtakingly honest, profound, and utterly unforgettable memoir.

Book information

ISBN: 9780385540650
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint: Nan A. Talese
Pub date:
Edition: First United States Edition
DEWEY: 070.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 240
Weight: -1g