Non-fiction that reads like fiction in most sections. Elmhurst jumps right into the story with a married couple on board their boat in the middle of the ocean. While I enjoyed the premise of survival (ala Castaway), I was thrown by the book’s title, A Marriage At Sea, which to me suggests that the couple’s sailing adventures were going to create drama between them. I kept waiting for that drama, but they were incredible partners throughout the event and beyond. I understand that the double-entendre title is more catchy than the original title (listed on the copyright page)—Maurice and Maralyn: A Whale, A Shipwreck and a Love Story—but the original seems more accurate. I also became distracted by the fact that this book is mostly a recapitulation of two books that Maurice wrote many years ago on the same subject. It felt a little disingenuous by the author to not mention this much sooner. Finally, the last third of the book (re-telling the couple’s senior years post ocean drama) lost steam and direction. A good read that didn’t quite live up to the high expectations I had set for it.