Two in a Boat by Gwyneth Lewis
In her forties Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis decided to trade in her landlubber life a nice house in Cardiff and a sensible job at the BBC for life aboard a small yacht with her husband Leighton, a former bosun with the Merchant Navy and now in his mid-sixties.‘Gwyneth Lewis is a writer first and last and her boating book is a surpassing exception … Her view of the way sailors get from A to B is the freshest and truest I've read in the canon of small-boat adventuringThis funny, finally profound and moving sailing memoir is no more for sailors than for gardeners, or anyone who tried to navigate the maelstrom waters of a marriage. Don't pack it away in the boat; take it home’ Guardian
Praise for Gwyneth Lewis:
‘Felicitous, urbane, heartbreaking, the poems of Gwyneth Lewis form a universe whose planets use language for oxygen and are thus inhabitable’ Joseph Brodsky
‘True stars in poetry like Gwyneth Lewis always match brilliance with warmth. She is one to bet on.’ Les Murray
Gwyneth Lewis is an award-winning poet whose work has drawn widespread acclaim. Her second collection, Zero Gravity, was short listed for the Forward Prize and her first work of non-fiction, Sunbathing in the Rain: A Cheerful Book on Depression (2002), was short listed for the Mind Book of the Year. Two in a Boat is her second work of non-fiction. Gwyneth Lewis was appointed Wales's first National Poet in April 2005. She is married and lives in Cardiff.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780007120642 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007120648 |
| Title | Two in a Boat |
| Author | Gwyneth Lewis |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2006-04-03 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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