Maurice And Maralyn By Sophie Elmhirst

Maurice and Maralyn tells the story of what happened when a husband and wife decided to escape their suburban life in 1970s Derby, and instead build a boat and sail to New Zealand. Their dream crumbled after a perilous encounter with a whale left them adrift on the Pacific ocean on a tiny raft. A fight for survival followed, as well as a test of their endurance and their love for one another. Maurice and Maralyn is the Nero Books Awards 2024 Non-Fiction Winner. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

Sophie Elmhirst is a prize-winning journalist. In 2020 she won the British Press Award for Feature Writer of the Year. She first came across Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's story when she was researching a piece on the desire to escape. This is her first book.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several films by Mike Leigh most notably Mr Turner. She is also well known for playing Pauline in the sitcom Mum. Recent work includes Ludwig, Joan, Saltburn, Without Sin, Pennyworth, Harlots and Call the Midwife.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Produced by Elizabeth Allard

An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.

An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in perilous circumstances. A fight for survival and a test of their love follows. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

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Maurice and Maralyn tells the story of what happened when a husband and wife decided to escape their suburban life in 1970s Derby, and instead build a boat and sail to New Zealand. Their dream crumbled after a perilous encounter with a whale left them adrift on the Pacific ocean on a tiny raft. A fight for survival followed, as well as a test of their endurance and their love for one another. Maurice and Maralyn is the Nero Books Awards 2024 Non-Fiction Winner. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

Sophie Elmhirst is a prize-winning journalist. In 2020 she won the British Press Award for Feature Writer of the Year. She first came across Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's story when she was researching a piece on the desire to escape. This is her first book.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several plays by playwright Alan Ayckbourn and in films by Mike Leigh. She has appeared in television series including Joan, All Creatures Great and Small and Call the Midwife.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Produced by Elizabeth Allard

An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.

An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in perilous circumstances. A fight for survival and a test of their love follows. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several films by Mike Leigh most notably Mr Turner. She is also well known for playing Pauline in the sitcom Mum. Recent work includes Ludwig, Joan, Saltburn, Without Sin, Pennyworth, Harlots and Call the Midwife.

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Sophie Elmhirst is an award-winning writer, and in her account of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's dreams of escape and their extraordinary adventure on the high seas, events take a disastrous turn. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

Maurice and Maralyn tells the story of what happened when a husband and wife decided to escape their suburban life in 1970s Derby, and instead build a boat and sail to New Zealand. Their dream crumbled after a perilous encounter with a whale left them adrift on the Pacific ocean on a tiny raft. A fight for survival followed, as well as a test of their endurance and their love for one another. Maurice and Maralyn is the Nero Books Awards 2024 Non-Fiction Winner.

Sophie Elmhirst is a prize-winning journalist. In 2020 she won the British Press Award for Feature Writer of the Year. She first came across Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's story when she was researching a piece on the desire to escape. This is her first book.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several films by Mike Leigh most notably Mr Turner. She is also well known for playing Pauline in the sitcom Mum. Recent work includes Ludwig, Joan, Saltburn, Without Sin, Pennyworth, Harlots and Call the Midwife.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Produced by Elizabeth Allard

Maurice and Maralyn are living their dream on the high seas, but disaster soon strikes.

An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.

In Sophie Elmhirst's account of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's extraordinary adventure on the high seas events take a disastrous turn. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

[LISTEN NOW]

Sophie Elmhirst is an award-winning writer, and in her account of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's dreams of escape and their extraordinary adventure on the high seas, events take a disastrous turn. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

Maurice and Maralyn tells the story of what happened when a husband and wife decided to escape their suburban life in 1970s Derby, and instead build a boat and sail to New Zealand. Their dream crumbled after a perilous encounter with a whale left them adrift on the Pacific ocean on a tiny raft. A fight for survival followed, as well as a test of their endurance and their love for one another. Maurice and Maralyn is the Nero Books Awards 2024 Non-Fiction Winner.

Sophie Elmhirst is a prize-winning journalist. In 2020 she won the British Press Award for Feature Writer of the Year. She first came across Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's story when she was researching a piece on the desire to escape. This is her first book.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several plays by playwright Alan Ayckbourn and in films by Mike Leigh. She has appeared in television series including Joan, All Creatures Great and Small and Call the Midwife.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Produced by Elizabeth Allard

Maurice and Maralyn are living their dream on the high seas, but disaster soon strikes.

An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.

In Sophie Elmhirst's account of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's extraordinary adventure on the high seas events take a disastrous turn. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several films by Mike Leigh most notably Mr Turner. She is also well known for playing Pauline in the sitcom Mum. Recent work includes Ludwig, Joan, Saltburn, Without Sin, Pennyworth, Harlots and Call the Midwife.

[LISTEN NOW]

In Sophie Elmhirst's story of shipwreck and love, Maurice and Maralyn are adrift in the Pacific Ocean struggling to survive on a tiny raft. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

Maurice and Maralyn tells the story of what happened when a husband and wife decided to escape their suburban life in 1970s Derby, and instead build a boat and sail to New Zealand. Their dream crumbled after a perilous encounter with a whale left them adrift on the Pacific ocean on a tiny raft. A fight for survival followed, as well as a test of their endurance and their love for one another. Maurice and Maralyn is the Nero Books Awards 2024 Non-Fiction Winner.

Sophie Elmhirst is a prize-winning journalist. In 2020 she won the British Press Award for Feature Writer of the Year. She first came across Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's story when she was researching a piece on the desire to escape. This is her first book.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several films by Mike Leigh most notably Mr Turner. She is also well known for playing Pauline in the sitcom Mum. Recent work includes Ludwig, Joan, Saltburn, Without Sin, Pennyworth, Harlots and Call the Midwife.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Produced by Elizabeth Allard

Maurice and Maralyn are adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a tiny raft struggling to survive.

An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.

[LISTEN NOW]

In Sophie Elmhirst's story of shipwreck and love, Maurice and Maralyn are adrift in the Pacific Ocean struggling to survive on a tiny raft. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

Maurice and Maralyn tells the story of what happened when a husband and wife decided to escape their suburban life in 1970s Derby, and instead build a boat and sail to New Zealand. Their dream crumbled after a perilous encounter with a whale left them adrift on the Pacific ocean on a tiny raft. A fight for survival followed, as well as a test of their endurance and their love for one another. Maurice and Maralyn is the Nero Books Awards 2024 Non-Fiction Winner.

Sophie Elmhirst is a prize-winning journalist. In 2020 she won the British Press Award for Feature Writer of the Year. She first came across Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's story when she was researching a piece on the desire to escape. This is her first book.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several plays by playwright Alan Ayckbourn and in films by Mike Leigh. She has appeared in television series including Joan, All Creatures Great and Small and Call the Midwife.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Produced by Elizabeth Allard

Maurice and Maralyn are adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a tiny raft struggling to survive.

An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several films by Mike Leigh most notably Mr Turner. She is also well known for playing Pauline in the sitcom Mum. Recent work includes Ludwig, Joan, Saltburn, Without Sin, Pennyworth, Harlots and Call the Midwife.

[LISTEN NOW]

In Sophie Elmhirst's story of shipwreck, survival and love, hope of rescue dwindles after 60 days adrift on the Pacific Ocean. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

Maurice and Maralyn tells the story of what happened when a husband and wife decided to escape their suburban life in 1970s Derby, and instead build a boat and sail to New Zealand. Their dream crumbled after a perilous encounter with a whale left them adrift on the Pacific ocean on a tiny raft. A fight for survival followed, as well as a test of their endurance and their love for one another. Maurice and Maralyn is the Nero Books Awards 2024 Non-Fiction Winner.

Sophie Elmhirst is a prize-winning journalist. In 2020 she won the British Press Award for Feature Writer of the Year. She first came across Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's story when she was researching a piece on the desire to escape. This is her first book.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several films by Mike Leigh most notably Mr Turner. She is also well known for playing Pauline in the sitcom Mum. Recent work includes Ludwig, Joan, Saltburn, Without Sin, Pennyworth, Harlots and Call the Midwife.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Produced by Elizabeth Allard

For Maurice and Maralyn hope of rescue dwindles after 60 days adrift on the Pacific Ocean.

An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.

[LISTEN NOW]

In Sophie Elmhirst's story of shipwreck, survival and love, hope of rescue dwindles after 60 days adrift on the Pacific Ocean. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

Maurice and Maralyn tells the story of what happened when a husband and wife decided to escape their suburban life in 1970s Derby, and instead build a boat and sail to New Zealand. Their dream crumbled after a perilous encounter with a whale left them adrift on the Pacific ocean on a tiny raft. A fight for survival followed, as well as a test of their endurance and their love for one another. Maurice and Maralyn is the Nero Books Awards 2024 Non-Fiction Winner.

Sophie Elmhirst is a prize-winning journalist. In 2020 she won the British Press Award for Feature Writer of the Year. She first came across Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's story when she was researching a piece on the desire to escape. This is her first book.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several plays by playwright Alan Ayckbourn and in films by Mike Leigh. She has appeared in television series including Joan, All Creatures Great and Small and Call the Midwife.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Produced by Elizabeth Allard

For Maurice and Maralyn hope of rescue dwindles after 60 days adrift on the Pacific Ocean.

An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several films by Mike Leigh most notably Mr Turner. She is also well known for playing Pauline in the sitcom Mum. Recent work includes Ludwig, Joan, Saltburn, Without Sin, Pennyworth, Harlots and Call the Midwife.

[LISTEN NOW]

In Sophie Elmhirst's story of endurance and love 117 days have passed since Maurice and Maralyn were cast adrift on the Pacific Ocean after a whale struck their boat. Hopes of rescue have faded daily. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

Maurice and Maralyn tells the story of what happened when a husband and wife decided to escape their suburban life in 1970s Derby, and instead build a boat and sail to New Zealand. Their dream crumbled after a perilous encounter with a whale left them adrift on the Pacific ocean on a tiny raft. A fight for survival followed, as well as a test of their endurance and their love for one another. Maurice and Maralyn is the Nero Books Awards 2024 Non-Fiction Winner.

Sophie Elmhirst is a prize-winning journalist. In 2020 she won the British Press Award for Feature Writer of the Year. She first came across Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's story when she was researching a piece on the desire to escape. This is her first book.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several films by Mike Leigh most notably Mr Turner. She is also well known for playing Pauline in the sitcom Mum. Recent work includes Ludwig, Joan, Saltburn, Without Sin, Pennyworth, Harlots and Call the Midwife.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Produced by Elizabeth Allard

117 days have passed since Maurice and Maralyn were cast adrift and hope of rescue faded.

An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.

In Sophie Elmhirst's story of endurance and love 117 days have passed since Maurice and Maralyn were cast adrift on the Pacific. Hopes of rescue fade daily. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

[LISTEN NOW]

In Sophie Elmhirst's story of endurance and love 117 days have passed since Maurice and Maralyn were cast adrift on the Pacific Ocean after a whale struck their boat. Hopes of rescue have faded daily. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

Maurice and Maralyn tells the story of what happened when a husband and wife decided to escape their suburban life in 1970s Derby, and instead build a boat and sail to New Zealand. Their dream crumbled after a perilous encounter with a whale left them adrift on the Pacific ocean on a tiny raft. A fight for survival followed, as well as a test of their endurance and their love for one another. Maurice and Maralyn is the Nero Books Awards 2024 Non-Fiction Winner.

Sophie Elmhirst is a prize-winning journalist. In 2020 she won the British Press Award for Feature Writer of the Year. She first came across Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's story when she was researching a piece on the desire to escape. This is her first book.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several plays by playwright Alan Ayckbourn and in films by Mike Leigh. She has appeared in television series including Joan, All Creatures Great and Small and Call the Midwife.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton.

Produced by Elizabeth Allard

117 days have passed since Maurice and Maralyn were cast adrift and hope of rescue faded.

An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.

In Sophie Elmhirst's story of endurance and love 117 days have passed since Maurice and Maralyn were cast adrift on the Pacific. Hopes of rescue fade daily. Dorothy Atkinson reads.

Dorothy Atkinson is well known for her work in theatre, film and television. She has appeared in several films by Mike Leigh most notably Mr Turner. She is also well known for playing Pauline in the sitcom Mum. Recent work includes Ludwig, Joan, Saltburn, Without Sin, Pennyworth, Harlots and Call the Midwife.

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