Sunset Breezer

Price: £8.50 

Rosie Evitt, writing under the nom de plume Rosie Austen, has written a novel stimulated by a four year cruise round the Caribbean. She was a member of the Cruising Association for fourteen years and did some of her research for this cruise in the library in CA House. The beginning of the book describes the Basin at Limehouse, the canal, the refurbished warehouses the new apartment blocks and the marina which was the base for Rosie and her partner whilst making plans for the trip. It is a good advertisement for the Cruising Association.

The book hinges on a Talisman created by a Russian girl whose ambitions have been thwarted by an accident. The holders of the Talisman have to email the Russian girl with photographs and narrative of their travels. These travels are related as a quick ‘Lonely Planet’-style guide of the regions visited. The reader is given a flavour of life on a yacht - learning about the history and geography of places, visiting tourist attractions and harbours, tasting the local wine and food. There is plenty of social interaction, cruising in company and meeting the same people doing a similar circuit.

If you want a light beach read with a smattering of sex that you can put down and pick up later then this is a book for you.                                  LG