Sophie Elmhirst on the True Story of a Shipwrecked Couple

The Book Review by The New York Times

Jul 17, 202600:31:32Arts

Host Gilbert Cruz's conversation from last year with author Sophie Elmhirst features "Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession and Shipwreck" — the gripping 1970s story of a couple shipwrecked by a whale — newly...

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