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Journey To The Sea

  • Imprint: Ebury Press

  • ISBN: 9780091900694

  • Length: 352  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 22mm x 126mm

  • Weight: 233g

  • RRP: £12.99

Journey To The Sea

Whether it is memories of childhood holidays or exotic fantasies of faraway places, a sea and its coast forms the most evocative of landscapes. Combining elements of romance, danger and mystery, it provides the perfect inspiration for this unique collection. The finest writers from our water-bound nation, including Alexander McCall Smith, Ruth Rendell, Joanne Harris, Joseph O'Connor and Libby Purvis, give us their accounts of adventures and chance encounters, short stories and non-fiction pieces representing the many facets of the sea's power that will haunt and inspire. The collection also includes gripping accounts of real-life adventures on the ocean from such experienced sailors as Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Alan West and Tracy Edwards.

A literary tribute to the last earthly frontier - the ocean.

  • Imprint: Ebury Press

  • ISBN: 9780091900694

  • Length: 352  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 22mm x 126mm

  • Weight: 233g

  • RRP: £12.99

Reviews

  • "Before you yawn "Not another celebrity author anthology" let us assure you this one is definitely worth a second glance ... it works on many levels, exploring relationships with the sea as well as covering a range of writing styles that manage to both please and challenge in the most rewarding way"

    Glamour

  • "Journey To The Sea is a delight"

    Good Housekeeping

  • "The collection is a joy to read...A great read for sea-thirsty travellers"

    EasyJet Magazine

  • "Don't just buy this as an act of charity - it's a great read"

    Daily Mirror

  • "A whole range of emotions are evoked as you read and are led to contemplate your own memories of the sea"

    Manx Independent

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About the Author

Gil McNeil

Sarah Brown is married to Gordon Brown and is President of the charity PiggyBankKids, which she founded in 2002. PiggyBankKids has launched the Jennifer Brown Research Fund to seek solutions to pregnancy difficulties and help save newborn lives, and supports a wide range of charitable projects which create opportunities for children and young people - www.piggybankkids.com. Sarah and Gordon live in Fife and London with their sons John and Fraser. Gil McNeil is the bestselling author of The Only Boy For Me, Stand By Your Man, In the Wee Small Hours and Divas Don't Knit. She helps run the charity PiggyBankKids, and lives in Canterbury with her son.

Gil McNeil

Hugo Tagholm

Sarah Brown, wife of Gordon Brown, is President of the charity PiggyBankKids, which she founded in 2002. PiggyBankKids has launched the Jennifer Brown Research Fund to seek solutions to pregnancy difficulties and help save newborn lives, and supports a wide range of charitable projects which create opportunities for children and young people. Sarah and Gordon live in Fife and London with their sons. Gil McNeil is Publishing Director for PiggyBankKids and has worked in advertising, the film business and publishing. She is the bestselling author of The Only Boy for Me, Stand by your Man, In the Wee Small Hours and Divas Don't Knit. She lives in Canterbury with her son. Hugo Tagholm is Programme Director for PiggyBankKids. Hugo has worked in public relations and events management with a wide range of organisations, including the National Gallery, the Art Fund and the BBC. He lives in Camden Town and spends most of his spare time wakeboarding or chasing waves along the north Devon coast.

Hugo Tagholm

Sarah Brown

Gill NcNeil is the editor of two previous anthologies, Magic and Soul Providers, and the author of a novel The Only Boy For Me. She lives in Kent with her son. Sarah Brown is a consultant at Brunswick Arts, a public relations company. She also runs a non-profit making venture, PiggyBankKids. She is married to Gordon Brown and lives in Fife and London

Sarah Brown

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