All Boats Are Skinning

All Boats Are Skinning

By Hannah Pierce

Genre:-Non Fiction/Travel Writing/Humour

Pages:-368

Publisher:-Summersdale

Blurb:-"All Boats Are Sinking, Hannah, just at different rates."

 After a break-up, some hit the gym; some cut their hair; others have a one-night stand. In the aftermath of her break-up, Hannah bought a narrowboat. Newly single and plunged into life on the water, Hannah had to learn quickly how to grapple with exploding toilets, disappearing hulls, and the curious glances and questions from pedestrians on the towpath.

 But when career burn-out, a global pandemic and an ill-advised rebound relationship threatened to sink her, Hannah felt the need to escape. In a bid to leg go of the past and restore her sense of self-worth, she embarked on a narrowboat odyssey which took her from the tranquil yet dramatic waterways of West Yorkshire.

Suffering from an apparent magnetism to drama but buoyed by her brilliant friends, Hannah tells of the challenges of off-grid life as a single 30-something on the water. All this as she tries to balance the tension between owning her singledom and giving in to a deep desire to find love. Peppered with lists, recipes, maps, footnotes and diagrams, and spanning hundreds of miles of the British waterways, All Boats Are Sinking is an uplifting and often hilarious story of adventure and personal growth, and of a woman trying to keep her boat and life afloat.

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My Review:-After becoming single, Hannah knew she wasn't going to be able to afford the prices of somewhere to live in London, even with help from her parents. What she did next surprised everyone, Hannah decided to buy a narrowboat. But it's not as simple as buying the narrowboat and sailing away, Hannah soon finds out there is a lot more to it and a lot of work as well.

 Even though Hannah started on the water in London, she soon felt she needed to escape from everything. As she navigates the network of canals and locks along the English countryside, even through the Covid pandemic, Hannah puts her journey down on paper. Hannah's journey wasn't just a journey on water but also a story of personal growth and self discovery, especially at a time when we were all worried about what was going on in the world and around us. I found it an interesting and enjoyable read