May Book Club Meeting

Please join us for a discussion of our May book, A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhurst. Maurice and Maralyn make an odd couple. He’s a loner, awkward and obsessive; she’s charismatic and ambitious. But they share a dream of running away from it all. What if they quit their jobs, sold their house, bought a boat, and sailed away? What ensues is a jaw-dropping fight to survive in the wild ocean, with little hope of rescue. Alone together for months in a tiny rubber raft, starving and exhausted, Maurice and Maralyn have to find not only ways to stay alive but ways to get along, as their inner demons emerge and their marriage is put to the greatest of tests. Be sure to RSVP so we have enough chairs for everyone. Our discussion begins promptly at 4:00PM. Arrive early if you’d…