Once Upon A Gypsy Moon by Michael Hurley
Publication Date: April 16, 2013
Thank you to Center Street and NetGalley for my Advance Reading Copy.
The Gypsy Moon. She's a sailing vessel. Maybe she's one who's seen finer days, but she's up to the challenge of fulfilling a dream. The dream belongs to a land locked sailor. They are a pair meant for each other.
Michael longs to sail on the deep blue sea, alone with God and nature. He knows how to handle a sailboat. He'd spent most of his life developing his love for the water. He became land locked however by those usual things we call life. Developing a career, providing for children and a family, held his feet on dry ground. When the perfect life came crashing down around him, his dream of sailing around the world floated to the surface.
Once Upon a Gypsy Moon is Michael Hurley's true story of finding a new life, love and himself aboard the Gypsy Moon. He tells his story in a rolling manner, sometimes soft as on calm seas, often pounding and crashing as the storm approaches. His thoughts and prayers to God guide him through his journey far more easily that the super duper, fancy smancy electronic guidance systems he installed on the Gypsy Moon prior to setting sail.
I'm not a sailor. In fact I am the 'Queen of Seasickness'. Often Michael's writing got lost in trying to educate us about sailing terms. And he rushed us through how he found the love of his life, Susan. This is his story however, and can only be told in his words. Often I loved it. And the rest of the time I skimmed through. By the end I'd had enough and was more than ready to be back on dry land.
Publication Date: April 16, 2013
Thank you to Center Street and NetGalley for my Advance Reading Copy.
The Gypsy Moon. She's a sailing vessel. Maybe she's one who's seen finer days, but she's up to the challenge of fulfilling a dream. The dream belongs to a land locked sailor. They are a pair meant for each other.
Michael longs to sail on the deep blue sea, alone with God and nature. He knows how to handle a sailboat. He'd spent most of his life developing his love for the water. He became land locked however by those usual things we call life. Developing a career, providing for children and a family, held his feet on dry ground. When the perfect life came crashing down around him, his dream of sailing around the world floated to the surface.
Once Upon a Gypsy Moon is Michael Hurley's true story of finding a new life, love and himself aboard the Gypsy Moon. He tells his story in a rolling manner, sometimes soft as on calm seas, often pounding and crashing as the storm approaches. His thoughts and prayers to God guide him through his journey far more easily that the super duper, fancy smancy electronic guidance systems he installed on the Gypsy Moon prior to setting sail.
I'm not a sailor. In fact I am the 'Queen of Seasickness'. Often Michael's writing got lost in trying to educate us about sailing terms. And he rushed us through how he found the love of his life, Susan. This is his story however, and can only be told in his words. Often I loved it. And the rest of the time I skimmed through. By the end I'd had enough and was more than ready to be back on dry land.
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