{"product_id":"9780008142186","title":"All at Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the 2017 PEN Ackerley Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The thing to remember about this story is that every word is true. If I never told it to a soul, and this book did not exist, it would not cease to be true. I don’t mind at all if you forget this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe important thing is that I don’t.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a hot still morning on a beautiful beach in Jamaica, Decca Aitkenhead’s life changed for ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer four-year-old boy was paddling peacefully at the water’s edge when a wave pulled him out to sea. Her partner, Tony, swam out and saved their son’s life – then drowned before her eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Decca and Tony first met a decade earlier, they became the most improbable couple in London. She was an award-winning Guardian journalist, famous for interviewing leading politicians. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring race and redemption, privilege and prejudice, ALL AT SEA is a remarkable story of love and loss, of how one couple changed each other’s lives and of what a sudden death can do to the people who survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis best-selling autobiography, All At Sea, is a deeply personal exploration of love, loss, and the transformative power of tragedy. Decca Aitkenhead's memoir is a testament to the enduring power of love and the resilience of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of David Sedaris (Happy-Go-Lucky), Dolly Alderton (Everything I Know About Love), Emma Jane Unsworth (After the Storm), Polly Morland (A Fortunate Woman), and Julian Barnes (Levels of Life).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Decca Aitkenhead, Read by Decca Aitkenhead","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889219129493,"sku":"9780008142186","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008142186_46a2916a-b377-4efd-b998-c77d38309ad6.jpg?v=1776888177","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008142186","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}