Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
(4 reviews with an average rating of 5 out of 5)
Publisher: HarperCollins
Arthur Hobhouse's story is a remarkable one. Orphaned and shipped to Australia, he first works on a cruelly-run sheep station, escapes to the contrasting kindness of another farm, then begins a boat-building apprenticeship and a lasting love of the sea. Finally, following desperate mental illness, he finds happiness with a wife and daughter before an early death.
Daughter Allie is determined to complete his story, undertaking a perilous solo sailing voyage to England in the yacht they built together, seeking Arthur's long-lost sister Kitty.
Filled with vividly beautiful descriptions of land and seascapes, this roller-coaster novel is swept along using simple, powerful language, exploring the importance of story in forming the self and also quietly mapping the changing nature of childhood through time.
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Books by Michael Morpurgo
Some might say that Michael Morpurgo is the nation's storyteller. A titan of literature, children all over the planet love and devour his books.
What you thought...
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Esme, 17 September 2023
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i really really really thought that this book totally catured the atcuall strugle of unfortunates. and really shows the comrodery and how strong frieship could really be. overall i would rate this book a totakll of 4 stars out of 5
viggyopopp, 10 November 2020
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one of the best books i ever read 10+
liam, 25 October 2018
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This is a book that should be read by all children before the age of thirteen. It's heart-warming, achingly sad and full of unexpected sharpness and wit. It's a book that'll make you read it over and over again. It shows the good things that can come out of sadness and loss and will make you cry way before the end.
Tafhima, 03 May 2017
One of the best books I have ever read took me on an emotional rollercoaster. I finished this book nearly a year ago now but still cannot get over how good it was