Moving On: A Memoir of Life at Sea (Paid to Live the Dream Book 2)
(By Anthony Edwards)
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At the end of Paid to Live the Dream he was not quite sailing off into the sunset, but almost. Cruising along the coast of the Cote d’Azur in a beautiful ketch with his beautiful wife and his beautiful cat, it was a dream come true. But he had no notion then of what fate had in store for him. In retrospect, it seems that what happened was meant to be.
As books about sailing adventures go, this stands out for having a movingly honest aspect to it as he contends with personal problems and setbacks but manages to still see the funny side and enjoy the journey. Life at sea continues, with all its trials and disasters. There are new challenges from accidents and yet more troubles from boats that were determined not to work as they should.
If you are looking for a boating memoir with its share of misadventures 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.”
