Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
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Tear jerking, eye watering, AMAZING!
Once again the legendary storyteller, Michel Morpurgo has succeeded. With every page the story grows; with every page the tears run down your cheeks; with every page your heart is filled with joy and also sadness. Once you pick this book up, you know you won't be able to put it down.
So go ahead and read it; it's great, just amazing, BRAVO!
"God save thee ancient Mariner,
From the fiends that plague thee thus!
Why look'st thou so with my crossbow
I shot the Albatross."
Quotation from the ancient mariner
Arthur Hobhouse is an orphan. At the age of six he lives a normal life, but little does he know his world will turn upside down. From the back-braking work and scorching sun of Cooper Station, to Aunty Megg's cozy house (otherwise known as `The Ark') and then back again to Sydney; his childhood home, he travels far. Unfortunately this is where his life begins to fall apart, and his mind begins to crumble. Only Kitty's key keeps him safe;...
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Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation?s favourite storyteller.
How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming new novel from the bestselling author of Private Peaceful
?There were dozens of us on the ship, all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye?
That is all I remember of England.?
When six-year-old orphan Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WWII he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. Overcoming enormous hardships with fellow orphan Marty, Arthur is finally saved by the extraordinary people he meets and by his talent for boat-design and sailing. Now he has built a special boat for his daughter Allie ? a solo yacht designed to carry her to England in search of his long-lost sister. Will the threads of Arthur's life finally come together?
?I was there on the quayside to see Allie take her out for the first time, saw her dancing through the waves, and I knew I'd never built a finer boat.?
Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation?s favourite storyteller.
How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming new novel from the bestselling author of Private Peaceful
?There were dozens of us on the ship, all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye?
That is all I remember of England.?
When six-year-old orphan Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WWII he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. Overcoming enormous hardships with fellow orphan Marty, Arthur is finally saved by the extraordinary people he meets and by his talent for boat-design and sailing. Now he has built a special boat for his daughter Allie ? a solo yacht designed to carry her to England in search of his long-lost sister. Will the threads of Arthur's life finally come together?
?I was there on the quayside to see Allie take her out for the first time, saw her dancing through the waves, and I knew I'd never built a finer boat.?
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