All at Sea: A Memoir

“A sensational, devastating story" (The Washington Post) that explores race and redemption, privilege and prejudice, love and loss, of how two people changed each other, and of what a sudden death can do to those who survive.

On a hot, still morning on a beautiful beach in Jamaica, Decca Aitkenhead’s life changed forever. Her four-year-old son was paddling peacefully at the water’s edge when a wave pulled him out to sea. Her partner, Tony, swam out and saved their son’s life—then drowned be...