Sophie Elmhirst on the True Story of a Shipwrecked Couple

When I was setting out on writing the book, I knew it wasn't just the story of the catastrophe that I wanted to write. What had pulled me into it initially was the idea of this happening to a marriage as much as to two individuals, and what that would feel like from the inside. I'm Gilbert Cruz, and this is the book review from The New York Times.

Today, I would like to bring back an episode from our archives. It's about a book that has real beach-read vibes. There's a lot of water, it's a relationship drama, and it's also a daring story of survival. Marriage at Sea, a true story of love, obsession, and shipwreck, made it onto the Book Review's top 10 books of 2025.