The traumas and ups and downs of life, both on and off the ocean wave. As books about sailing adventures go, this stands out as being also about a regular guy's strength of character in overcoming set-backs and picking himself up after a heart-wrenching upheaval. But life at sea continues apace and there are plenty of new boating stories and lots of humour to accompany them. At the end of 'Paid to Live the Dream' he is not quite sailing off into the sunset, but almost! In fact he's sailing along the coast of the C???te ...
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The traumas and ups and downs of life, both on and off the ocean wave. As books about sailing adventures go, this stands out as being also about a regular guy's strength of character in overcoming set-backs and picking himself up after a heart-wrenching upheaval. But life at sea continues apace and there are plenty of new boating stories and lots of humour to accompany them. At the end of 'Paid to Live the Dream' he is not quite sailing off into the sunset, but almost! In fact he's sailing along the coast of the C???te d'Azur in a beautiful ketch with his beautiful wife and his beautiful cat. It was a dream come true and he had no notion then of what fate had in store for him. In 'Moving On' he talks about, well, - Moving On! Imagine having it all and then everything comes crashing down around you. Would this mean the end of the wonderful dream, or the beginning of another one? Perhaps the latter - but when everything has come crashing down, who knows? There are new challenges from accidents at sea and yet more troubles from boats that were determined not to work as they should. This time it was more from previous neglect than from basic design faults as had been the case with the 'Passing Fancy' in 'Paid to Live the Dream'. If you are looking for a boating memoir with its share of disasters and humour, as well as a love story and a smattering of philosophy thrown in, then this is for you! Reviewed By K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite This volume continues the author's full autobiographical journey as we move on from the events of Paid To Live The Dream. As the title suggests, the work focuses on a period in the author's life when he was working at sea a great deal of the time, but it is also a tale about what happens when your dreams start to fall apart at the seams. Beset by disaster, this seafaring story examines one man's strength to overcome and shape a new life despite his hardships. Author Anthony Edwards offers a fascinating slice of life that most of us will never experience, particularly in his many sailing adventures in and around the Mediterranean. Having visited most of these places myself, I found that I was viewing them in a new perspective thanks to the author's well-researched history and atmospheric language usage. The memoir has a really emotional core to it as well, as we see Edwards experiencing some very sharp shocks and difficult circumstances which he must overcome. The raw honesty of the prose gives inspiration to readers as we see him pick himself up and indeed move on as the title suggests. Overall, I would highly recommend Moving On as an extremely well-penned memoir that offers an honest and realistic portrayal of life's dramas but also a unique look at living mostly at sea.
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