Home Is the Sailor [Hardcover]

Robin Lee Graham (Author), Derek Gill (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 217 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins; 1st edition (June 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060151544
• ISBN-13: 978-0060151546
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #439,564 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What do you do after you have sailed alone around the World?, October 3, 1997

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This review is from: Home Is the Sailor (Hardcover)

After reading Dove, I was anxious to find out what happened toRobin, Patty and Quimby. This book took us through their trials and triumphs as he and Patty found the Lord and learned to live off the land. It us not full of bible thumping rhetoric, just the story of a young couple trying to find what they wanted to do with the rest of their lives and the hard work that went into that quest. After reading Dove, I was so anxious to find out what happened to them. Now that I have read Home is the Sailor, I am left with enormous admiration for them and I STILL want to know how things are and what they have done since the book was published. Robin was an inspiration to me when I read Dove and Home is the Sailor didn't disapoint me one little bit. My copy of Dove is in tatters from constant reading and I have loaned out Home so often I have lost it and am heartbroken to find it is out of publicationl

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Continuation of a Spiritual and Adventurous Life., July 12, 2000

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J. Brace (Fort Worth, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Is the Sailor (Hardcover)

Robin continues to live and grow in his quest to be a husband, father, and spiritual person. Very painful to read about some of the family's hard lessons in building their home.

I contacted Robin several years ago wondering whatever happened to the rest of the story. He was very gracious to respond (twice!) and those notes, as well as his family newsletter are proudly stored with my copies of his books.

I know many people pursue truth and faith. Few have written about their journey in such a transparent, warts-and-all manner.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Honest and insightful sequel to Dove, July 31, 2005

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tim can (Pocono Mts of PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Is the Sailor (Hardcover)

Like so many I followed Robin's jouney in the pages of National Geographic and was totally captivated. I enjoyed Dove and it has take me many years to find a copy of Home is the Sailor.

Overall it was well worth the wait. The story picks up with fairly little material reproduced from Dove although some background had to be added in case a reader was not familiar witht he story of Dove. Robin shares his bouts of depression and sometimes the mood is gloomy, but realistic. The book is a great cautionary tale for those who think that can easily live off the land.

The writing suffered in the last third of the book from poor pacing conveying too much detail in some minor events. The book also suffered from the fact that just when life in Montana was becoming settled they were thinking of leaving for the ocean once more preventing the reader from finding closure leaving the author as unsettled at the end as he was at the begining.

In closing a good followup, but lacking the elements that would make it fully satifying read.