For Better, For Worse

by Damian and Siobhan Horner | Biographies & Memoirs | This book has not been rated.
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Registered by wingTaryawing of Tammela, Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland Finland on 1/15/2020
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Journal Entry 1 by wingTaryawing from Tammela, Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland Finland on Wednesday, January 15, 2020
A hilarious, true story of life-change, no going back, 40th birthdays and mid-life crisis. Follow the adventures of a husband and wife (plus two small children) as they take a barge through the French canals towards the Bourgogne and Canal du Midi - with The Mediterranean and Spain beckoning.

Damian Horner is scared that fifteen years in advertising have turned him into a bastard. As he approaches his fortieth birthday, he wants to see if he can be a good husband and a good father before it's too late. Siobhan, his wife, would like to find out too but has other worries. Do marriage and kids mean she's now trapped in a world of suburban domesticity?

It takes a miserable day and a bottle of wine to change everything. Suddenly Damian and Siobhan decide to throw their lives in the air and escape to the French canals, taking with them their son Noah who is two years old and can barely talk, and their daughter India who is one and cannot walk.

Told in two voices, we hear both sides of their story and get the whole truth as Damian and Siobhan describe coming to terms with themselves and their life on board an old fishing boat in France with no space, no fridge, no charts, no deadlines and no flushing toilet.

A Phoenix paperback 2010

Journal Entry 2 by wingTaryawing at Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Wednesday, January 15, 2020
This book might interest a fellow bookcrosser.. ;) This sentence on the first pages caught my attention: "She [Siobhan Horner] had a highly successful career in the travel industry before starting a family. Her favourite job was as Marketing Director for the New Zealand Tourism Board." NZ! :O

Journal Entry 3 by wingTaryawing at Kerava, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Friday, January 31, 2020

Released 4 yrs ago (2/1/2020 UTC) at Kerava, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland

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Journal Entry 4 by Delenna at Porvoo, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Wednesday, February 5, 2020
NZ!!! :O

Journal Entry 5 by Delenna at Porvoo, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Wednesday, February 26, 2020
This was ok, even it didn't have anything about NZ ;p I would've loved to read about their lives after the trip through France but the link at the end of the book didn't work anymore and googling gave me next to nothing.

Journal Entry 6 by Delenna at Porvoo, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Released 3 yrs ago (4/1/2020 UTC) at Porvoo, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland

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Kirja on lähetetty maaliskuun kirja-arvonnan voittajalle ;)
Tämä ei ole aprillipila!

Journal Entry 7 by wingsakirmowing at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Friday, April 3, 2020
Thank you, this sounds interesting!!

Journal Entry 8 by wingsakirmowing at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Saturday, November 14, 2020
This was a great read - in small doses (half a chapter at a time seemed to work for me). Certainly an unusual adventure! I've never had much interest in boats and didn't really even know about the French canals, but the way they described their journey has given me strange trip ideas... with a better boat and without any kids on board though. Not likely going to happen, but you need some strange trip ideas at these travel-restricted times!!

I was also disappointed to find out that their website doesn't work anymore & that there doesn't seem to be a sequel to this book. Damn.

Released 3 yrs ago (11/16/2020 UTC) at Kortteliravintola Kerttu in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland

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Journal Entry 10 by wingPiikuwing at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Monday, November 16, 2020
The book is here, thank you sakirmo.

Journal Entry 11 by wingPiikuwing at Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Thursday, June 8, 2023
I have dreamed about cruising on British canals on a traditional narrowboat. After reading this book, I'm not so sure anymore. Despite the "surprises" along the way, a relaxing and pleasant story, told alternately from Shiv's and Damian's perspectives.

Journal Entry 12 by wingPiikuwing at Myrsky-patsas in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Saturday, June 24, 2023

Released 8 mos ago (6/24/2023 UTC) at Myrsky-patsas in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland

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Onnittelut, olet löytänyt kiertävän kirjan. Voit ottaa sen mukaasi, ja luettuasi joko pitää itselläsi tai päästää jatkamaan matkaansa. Olisi mukavaa jos kävisit vielä täällä kertomassa mitä pidit kirjasta, ja mitä sille sitten tapahtui.

Tämä on osa pippiksen kesän 2023 patsasvapautushaastetta.

"Myrsky on Wäinö Aaltosen veistos, jonka sijoituspaikka on hänen nimikkomuseonsa ulkoterassilla Turussa, osoitteessa Itäinen Rantakatu 38.

Teos on toinen valos Porin Reposaareen vuonna 1930 pystytetystä Torpedovene S2:n muistomerkistä. Se kuvaa rajun tuulen kourissa eteenpäin askeltavaa, epätoivoiselta näyttävää naista, jonka hame ja hiukset liehuvat riepovassa tuulessa. Aaltosen innoittajana toimi Pariisin Louvressa nykyisin esillä oleva Samothraken Nike -veistostorso antiikin Kreikan ajoilta (300–200 eaa.).

Myrsky paljastettiin Wäinö Aaltosen museorakennuksen avajaisten yhteydessä 17. syyskuuta 1967. 140 senttimetrin betonijalustalla lepäävän pronssivaloksen korkeus on 220 cm."

Osallistun tällä myös Chanian vapautusten vuosi -haasteeseen; kesäkuun teemana on "Karavaanarit", eli mm. matkakirjat ja kulkuneuvot.

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