Review: Something for Everyone!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
This book is a ship lovers delight!The details of the workings of the merchant vessels are intriguing. It is clear that the author's many years of sea have provided him with the knowledge and experience adding to this book's authenticity. The crew of the Sapphire Sea are a complex mix of professionals and vagabonds. Each one has his story to tell and adds to the richness of the book.Our heroes are Allan and Sally who were separated over twenty years earlier. They come back together through mutual friends when their daughter announces her marriage and the date is set. Knowing that they will have to see each other again builds tension between the pages. However, they fall back in love immediately and begin to rebuild their relationship.In the Sapphire Sea, Andrews begins with simple relationships between the male and female characters and then builds then into more complex meaningful roles.The setting for this book is the Australian city of Darwin and vast expanse of the ocean. Andrews embellishes his story with the addition of an Aboriginal girl and her family. While they only play a minor part in the story, the add a realistic tone that helps add to the authenticity of the book as there is a large Aboriginal population in Darwin.This book will appeal to many people who are coming to the end of their working career and who are facing some very big decisions. This is a time when lives change by our own actions or are changed for us by age and or circumstance.The Sapphire Sea is a well written book and should appeal to a wide audience.