{"product_id":"a-voyage-around-my-mother-9780745968834","title":"A Voyage Around My Mother","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn amazing story of a hidden untold past and the adventures of a difficult mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is as much about a parent's extraordinary back story as it is about a daughter who has tenderly pieced it together. -- Jane Christmas Author of Incontinent on the Continent Eleanor Stewart introduces us to the adventures of her intrepid mother in a way that is sympathetic without being sentimental. Coming to understand our parents simply as human beings, as flawed and fragile as we know ourselves to be, is often the gateway to inner maturity, and even peace, which Eleanor demonstrates. As this humorous and personal tale unfolds, we not only voyage across the world, we also travel into the hearts of a feisty woman and her dedicated daughter. -- Sharon Grenham-Thompson Author of Jail Bird This book is a terrific reminder that no life is ordinary. Starting with the frailty of her mother's old age, the author tells a story of adventure, tragedy and immense courage. Once started, you won't want to put it down. -- Gethin Russell-Jones author of My Secret Life in Hut 6 'While taking us on a voyage through hostile waters in wartime with her mother, Eleanor Stewart plunges us into one of the many forgotten episodes in a long and cruel conflict at sea. So many so-called ordinary people endured extraordinary events that would test even the bravest of us to the limit and beyond. Too often it is the big episodes of war that are remembered and written about. In bringing so vividly to life the sinking of the liner S.S. Britannia by the notorious Nazi disguised raider Thor, Eleanor Stewart reveals not only her own incredible family history - and the amazing courage of her mum - but also makes us all wonder what we would do adrift in that lifeboat for days, surviving only on biscuits and condensed milk.' -- Iain Ballantyne author of Killing the Bismarck \"This is a vivid account of a relationship between a daughter (Eleanor) and her elderly and frail mother (Mary). Their uncomfortable relationship nonetheless reveals a remarkable story of one woman's experience of life and notably of the Second World War. Particularly vivid is Mary's description, powerfully recounted by her daughter, of alarming experiences in the Atlantic ocean at the height of the battles in which the German U-boats sought to throttle the lifeline between the United States and Britain. It is a fine account of a remarkable phase in a not to be forgotten period.\" -- Jonathan Dimbleby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 9\u003cbr\u003eAuthor’s Note 10\u003cbr\u003ePrologue 11\u003cbr\u003e1 Portsmouth: Mother’s Arrival (1993) 13\u003cbr\u003e2 Govan (1920s) via Buffalo (1930) to Dunoon (1932) 18\u003cbr\u003e3 Dunoon: Love and Sad ness (1936) 24\u003cbr\u003e4 T he Compa ny, May \u0026amp; Baker (1937) 30\u003cbr\u003e5 M \u0026amp;B and “the Wonder Drug” (1938) 37\u003cbr\u003e6 Gathering Clouds and War (1938–39) 44\u003cbr\u003e7 M arriag e, August 1940 49\u003cbr\u003e8 T he Depa rture, February 1941 57\u003cbr\u003e9 T he Ship, 16 March 1941 62\u003cbr\u003e10 S hip Life, March 1941 67\u003cbr\u003e11 S hip Life Continues, 23 March 74\u003cbr\u003e12 Attac k, 25 March 77\u003cbr\u003e13 T he Boat, Day 1, 25 March 85\u003cbr\u003e14 T he Boat, Day 2, 26 March 92\u003cbr\u003e15 T he Boat, Day 3, 27 March 97\u003cbr\u003e16 R escue, Day 4, 28 March 101\u003cbr\u003e17 SS Raranga, 29 March 109\u003cbr\u003e18 M ontevideo, 10 April 1941 115\u003cbr\u003e19 Buenos Aires: The Mysterious Monsieur Gué, 15 April 125\u003cbr\u003e20 Flight: A Cheerful New Zealander with a Novel Way of Paying Her Air Fare, 24 April 131\u003cbr\u003e21 L os Angeles: Unpleasantness with Immigration, 3 May 1941 136\u003cbr\u003e22 A Chance Encounter with the “Great Dictator” and the “Dook”, 5 May 141\u003cbr\u003e23 T he Angelus Temple: An Odd Experience, 6 May 145\u003cbr\u003e24 S an Francisco: Bag els and “Twittering”, 8 May 149\u003cbr\u003e25 Another Ship, Another Ocean, 9 May 154\u003cbr\u003e26 K ing Neptune’s Court and Trag ic News, 17 May 163\u003cbr\u003e27 Arrival in Kobe: America n Unease and the Sinking of the Bismarck, 25–27 May 167\u003cbr\u003e28 S tolen Chopsticks and Love Games, 28 May 172\u003cbr\u003e29 H ong Kong: “Land of the Frag rant Streams”, 1 June 1941 183\u003cbr\u003e30 Jai Alai and a Medica l Emergency, 4 June 190\u003cbr\u003e31 R affles and a Not-So-Sweet Parting, 11 June 199\u003cbr\u003e32 T emples and Snakes, 16 June 208\u003cbr\u003e33 Colombo: The End in Sight, 19 June 216\u003cbr\u003e34 Bomba y: Stopover, 24 June 224\u003cbr\u003e35 Calcutta: Safely Arrived, 27 June 230\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue 236\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SPCK Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48736501760343,"sku":"9780745968834","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745968834.jpg?v=1723810686","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-voyage-around-my-mother-9780745968834","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}