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Shipwreck!
Emily and her husband, Captain Richard Gurney Wooldridge, set sail for the Horn of South America and beyond, but their dreams are dashed when tragedy strikes
199 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1991
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About the author
Brenda Wilbee
20 books10 followersBrenda Wilbee has written 10 books with over 700,000 copies sold. She is best known for her Seattle Sweetbriar Series, historical novels of Louisa Boren Denny and Seattle's earliest days.
Her most recent book, Taming the Dragons: Powerful Choices for Women in Conflict and Pain will be released July 2020.
She lives in the Pacific Northwest but frequently migrates to AK and the Canadian Yukon.
Her most recent book, Taming the Dragons: Powerful Choices for Women in Conflict and Pain will be released July 2020.
She lives in the Pacific Northwest but frequently migrates to AK and the Canadian Yukon.
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March 8, 2022
True story of a woman who is shipwrecked with her husband (the captain) and his crew on an island off Cape Horn in 1870. Based on the woman's journal which was originally published in 1953. It's an interesting story of survival.
September 19, 2012
I'm wondering where the author did this "extensive research" she supposedly does for each of her books.
"It be Catherine, captain."
"Aye, but Catherine, you've come! You've really come! I be so worried you scorn me at the last! That you not come after all to bid me godspeed!"
Who talks like that? She said they're from London but they sound like they're in Barbados.
"You do be going, and that be that."
Wtf?
I had to close the book because I was highly annoyed. I was already bored and it didn't immediately capture me like it's supposed to.
"It be Catherine, captain."
"Aye, but Catherine, you've come! You've really come! I be so worried you scorn me at the last! That you not come after all to bid me godspeed!"
Who talks like that? She said they're from London but they sound like they're in Barbados.
"You do be going, and that be that."
Wtf?
I had to close the book because I was highly annoyed. I was already bored and it didn't immediately capture me like it's supposed to.
March 11, 2013
It was a 2 1/2 star book. It was OK for the most part, but a few chapters were better than the rest. I wouldn't read any other books by this author, though. I have too many other books I want to read.
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