Fun family fable
Sea, Sand and Katrina by Sam Grant
Former seafarer Sam Grant – whose seafaring adventure books set in the 1960s have been reviewed in the Telegraph before – returns with a different kind of nautical novel.
This time it's a more relaxing journey: the story of a family that uses its inheritance to buy a dilapidated old paddle steamer.
We follow them as they return the ship to its former glory while living onboard, encountering all kinds of challenges along the way. It's a gentle maritime story with a hint of venerable radio soap opera The Archers about it.
Sea, Sand and Katrina
By Sam Grant
Self-published, £9.99
ISBN: 978 17879 20545
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