The Shell and the Octopus
A Memoir
by Rebecca Stirling
Pub Date 26 Jul 2022
She Writes Press
Biographies & Memoirs | Outdoors & Nature
I am reviewing a copy of The Shell and The Octopus through She Writes Press and Netgalley:
Rebecca Stirling had what was far from a traditional upbringing. She was raised by the sea, by men and by literature. She circumvented the world on a thirty four foot sailboat, the Stirlings spend weeks at a time on the open ocean, surviving storms and visiting uncharted islands and villages. Ushered through her young life by a father who loves adventure, women, and extremes, Rebecca befriends “working girls” in the ports they visit (as they are often the only other females present in the bars that they end up in) and, on the boat, falls in love with her crewmate and learns to live like the men around her.
Having a driven nature and reading about successful women in the books she reads makes Rebecca determined to be a lady, continue her education, begin a career, live in a real home, and begin a family of her own. When Rebecca finally gets away from the boat and her dad and sets to work upon making her own dream a reality, however, Rebecca begins to realize life is not what she thought it would be and when her father dies in a tragic accident, she must return to her old life to sift through the mess and magic he has left behind.
I give The Shell and the Octopus five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
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