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A Marriage at Sea A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck

Sophie Elmhirst

THE RUNAWAY Maurice and Maralyn make an odd couple. He’s a loner, awkward and obsessive; she’s charismatic and ambitious. But they share a horror of wasting their lives. And they dream – as we all dream – of running away from it all. What if they quit their jobs, sold their house, bought a boat, an...

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The Daily

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The Daily

This book, based on the true story of the couple whose boat capsized, was written as a nonfiction novel that fleshed out the characters' emotional lives with great sensitivity following their rescue and subsequent media attention. The ending was described as one of the most moving things the speaker had read in years.

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And then I think the end, which I won't give away such as it is, is actually one of the more moving things I've read in the past couple of years. I cried.

— Episode: Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the Ho...

Episode: Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the Holidays

This book, based on the true story of the couple whose boat capsized, was written as a nonfiction novel that fleshed out the characters' emotional lives with great sensitivity following their rescue and subsequent media attention. The ending was described as one of the most moving things the speaker had read in years.

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And then I think the end, which I won't give away such as it is, is actually one of the more moving things I've read in the past couple of years. I cried.

The Ezra Klein Show

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The Ezra Klein Show

Ezra Klein recommended A Marriage at Sea as a historical nonfiction work about a 1970s couple who were shipwrecked, noting it as a personal pick for the guest Joe.

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Historical fiction, this one is actually for Joe. I just started reading it actually. Marriage at Sea, which is a true story of a couple in the 1970s that gets shipwrecked by a whale.

— Episode: The Three Forces Deranging the Economy i...

Episode: The Three Forces Deranging the Economy in 2025

Ezra Klein recommended A Marriage at Sea as a historical nonfiction work about a 1970s couple who were shipwrecked, noting it as a personal pick for the guest Joe.

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Historical fiction, this one is actually for Joe. I just started reading it actually. Marriage at Sea, which is a true story of a couple in the 1970s that gets shipwrecked by a whale.

Episode: The Three Forces Deranging the Economy in 2025

Ezra introduced it as a true story of a couple in the 1970s who were shipwrecked, noting its relevance to the conversation.

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Marriage at Sea, which is a true story of a couple in the 1970s that gets shipwrecked by a ... Something whaling related? A whale. Oh, that's great.

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