The Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, and a Woman's Search for the Meaning of Wife

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Choosing a mate is like picking house paint from one of those tiny color squares: You never know how it will look across a large expanse, or how it will change in different light.

Meet Janna and Graeme. After a decade-long tango (together, apart, together, apart), they're back in love -- but the stress of nine-to-five is seriously hampering their happiness. So they quit their jobs, tie the knot, and untie the lines on a beat-up old sailboat for a most unusual honeymoon: a two-year voyage across the Pacific. But passage from first date to first mate is anything but smooth sailing. From the rugged Pacific Northwest coast to the blue lagoons of Polynesia to bustling Asian ports, Janna and Graeme find themselves at the mercy of poachers, under the spell of crossdressers, and under the gun of a less-than-sober tattooist. And they encounter do-or-die moments that threaten their safety, their sanity, and their marriage.

Join Janna and Graeme's 17,000-mile journey and their quest to resolve the uncertainties so many couples face: How do you know if you've really found the One? How do you balance duty to others while preserving space for yourself? And, when the waters get rough, do you jump ship, or do you learn to navigate the world...together?

Customer Reviews ::

Not "For Women Only" ! - T. A. Burns - Spokane, WA, US
Perhaps I was expecting a "chick-flick" literary piece when I first learned of this book - boy, was I wrong about that!

Janna Cawrse Esarey's wonderful sea-going tale, "The Motion of the Ocean" provides an engaging - then captivating - and sometimes scary - "Odyssey" across the Pacific in a 35 foot sailboat. She is a most talented and insightful writer - and I was unable to put her book down until I had consumed every last page.

As a land-locked sailor in the Pacific Northwest, I have often fantasized about a journey such as she and and her new husband, Graeme, undertook following their marriage. Her finely-crafted narrative of their two years crossing the Pacific Ocean is far more than "the quintessential summer read" as promised on the cover - it is a genuine "page-turner" from a gifted young writer! Buy it; read it; you'll love it!