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First United States edition. |
Description |
225 pages ; 21 cm |
Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Aitkenhead, Decca.
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Journalists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Bereavement.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- General.
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Aitkenhead, Decca. (OCoLC)fst00493305
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Bereavement. (OCoLC)fst00830665
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Journalists. (OCoLC)fst00984188
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Autobiographies.
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ISBN |
9780385540650 (hardback) |
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0385540655 (hardback) |
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