“Exquisite…tender…brave…

Makes me want to stay up all night and finish it.”

—Lynda Monk, Director, International Association for Journal Writing(IAJW.org)

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Tamar at Sea

A Memoir by Tamar Griggs

Navigating love, loss, secrets and self across the open ocean

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In the summer of 1968

when Tamar was a young adult studying art and dance in New York City, she accepted an invitation for a short sailing holiday in the Mediterranean. Much to her surprise, that brief respite would lead to a year at sea, complete with a shipwreck on the coast of Spain and hitchhiking across the Atlantic Ocean.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Tamar Griggs is an author, photographer, and naturalist living on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Education degree from Simon Fraser University, with a double minor in biology and English.