bookshelves: published-1960, autumn-2014, adventure, seven-seas, treasure, islands
Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Peregrinations
Read from November 08 to 28, 2014
Read by Frank Muller
Description: When his sister’s boat is wrecked in the Pacific, Keith Steward becomes the trustee for his little niece. In order to save her from destitution he has to embark on a voyage in a small yacht in inhospitable waters.
We start out in a flat in Ealing, West London. A lovely story of the mild and modest overcoming all the odds; utterly charming without being the slightest bit twee, just how Shute does it best.
Model boats
3* No Highway (1948)
4* A Town Like Alice (1950)
3.5* Round The Bend (1951)
3.5 Beyond The Black Stump (1951)
3.5* The Far Country (1952)
3* The Breaking Wave (1955)
4* On The Beach (1957
5* Trustee from the Toolroom (1960)
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