Lead Review

• Book: The Crossing
• Location: The Atlantic Ocean
• Author: Andrew Miller

Maud is single minded and determined and fallible. But she embarks after tragedy on a mission. Sarah Hall of the Observer sums it up perfectly for me: “Told in his usual exquisite prose, the story centres on the strangely reticent character of Maud, who leaves the West Country after a tragedy and bravely attempts to single-handedly sail across the Atlantic. You know you’re going to like a character when, in the first few pages, she falls 20ft in a boatyard, then gets up and tries to walk. Infused with nautical detail and the cool brine of the sea, this is perfect summer reading”. (Sarah Hall Observer)

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