All at Sea is a beautiful sublimation of grief in the wake of tragedy. But the book is also the uplifting story of a most unlikely and powerful love affair between two remarkable people. Aitkenhead, a longtime reporter for The Guardian, is fiercely honest about her relationship with her beloved late partner, Tony. Tony is a man worthy of a. 7 rows · · All at Sea is a remarkable story of love and loss, of how one couple changed each other’s life, Reviews: 1. Book 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.
Book of the day Autobiography and memoir. All at Sea by Decca Aitkenhead review - the power of grief. Nothing is off-limits in Decca Aitkenhead's unforgettable account of her partner's. Decca Aitkenhead on All at Sea, Her Memoir of Learning to Grieve. By Julia Felsenthal. Aug. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Photo: Courtesy of. I don't mind at all if you forget this. The important thing is that I don't. On a hot still morning on a beautiful beach in Jamaica, Decca Aitkenhead's life changed for ever. Her four-year-old boy was paddling peacefully at the water's edge when a wave pulled him out to sea.
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. On a hot, still morning on a beautiful beach in Jamaica, Decca Aitkenhead’s life changed. All at Sea is a beautifully written and powerful account of Decca Aitkenhead's relationship with her partner Tony Wilkinson, his tragic death whilst on a family holiday in Jamaica and her and her two sons' struggle to come to terms with their loss. This is beautiful story telling that immediately draws you in.
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