Travel

It's the time of year when we're all thinking about holidays, so it seemed like a good idea to dip our toes in some travel. It's not a genre we've explored much before, and we all selected a book of our own choice Here's the first one - more books being added soon! 

The Perfect Storm
Sebastian Junger

Barnes & Noble

Elizabeth gave this our top rating of 5 stars. It's about the loss of the fishing vessel Andrea Gail as her crew fought to survive 60ft waves in the North Atlantic Ocean's worst storm. Junger writes of the desperate reasons behind the risks, and the family and friends left behind. It's tells the story of the crew's last days and hours, the communications with other fishing vessels, and the failed but heroic rescue attempts. 

If you enjoyed this one, try 'The Hungry Ocean' by Linda Greenlaw. She was the female Skipper of the Andrea Gail's sister ship who survived the storm. This book is more to do with her everyday life as a courageous and talented woman who loves being at sea, and fishing. 

Reading 'The Perfect Storm' inspired Elizabeth to write this:-

The perfect storm, is there such a thing?

Descriptions of it's ferocity

as though the wind and water have wings,

forty five foot waves from the depths they reach

building up their power

smashing all in it's path to pieces,

Sailors struggling against it

Boats being tossed about like toys

Will they see shore again?

Wives, children Girls and Boys,

People on the shore WATCHING

the waves as they roar,

Suddenly! houses ripped out to sea

People and buildings bought to their knees,

Rescuers out in this savagery

all at risk to saves others from the deadly seas,

When calm descends, all counting the cost

Fathers, Sons, Husbands LOST

claimed by the sea,

lives destroyed and lost

Elizabeth Adams