All At Sea: A Memoir
Written by Decca Aitkenhead
Narrated by Decca Aitkenhead
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
When Decca and Tony first met, a decade earlier, she was a renowned Guardian journalist profiling leading politicians of the day; he was a dreadlocked criminal with a history of drug dealing and violence. No one thought the romance would last, but it did-until the tide swept Tony away, plunging Decca into the dark chasm of random tragedy.
Exploring race and redemption, privilege and prejudice, All at Sea is a breathtakingly honest, profound, and utterly unforgettable memoir.
Decca Aitkenhead
Decca Aitkenhead is a journalist and broadcaster. She studied Politics at Manchester University before moving to London to work for the ‘Independent on Sunday’, and then for the ‘Guardian’. While writing ‘The Promised Land’, she and her husband lived in Jamaica, but they have now returned to London. She writes columns for the ‘Guardian’ and the London ‘Evening Standard’, and is a contributor to BBC Radio 4 and 5.
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Reviews for All At Sea
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Decca Aitkenhead describes herself as the kind of person who has always controlled her feelings to the point where they're difficult to even find. I very much relate to that, but I suspect that may also be what my issue with this book was.
All at Sea is written in sentences that are beautiful at times, but the overall story isn't engaging or even interesting. It's at its best when describing the start of her relationship with Tony and his untimely death, but it devolves from there and some parts don't even seem relevant.
I'm sorry for her loss, but her account misses the mark for me.