Better than oceans

by Emily Kimbrough

Travel by canal in France and USA.

Genres: Travel

365 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[Eden · Rating 5 out of 5]

2020 bk 61. I spent years thinking I had read all of Emily Kimbrough's books, but there had been an elusive mention of another one out there and finally, this year, I found and I caught it! (Sorry for the hunting/fishing allusion but that is how I feel about it.) In Better than Oceans Kimbrough and Company take another trip on their favorite French canal boat. It was a delight to visit old friends, a time and place to

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I Like rivers
Better than oceans, for we see both sides.

Edwin Arlington Robinson

This book chronicles another trip on the barge Palinurus through rural France via canals, with many of the same company that went together in Kimbrough’s previous book, Floating Island. A second section tells about a shorter cruise on the Hudson River, this time on a larger boat, not chartered for their group exclusively, but including other travelers as well. It’s fun to read about their adventures on and off the boat. I think Emily Kimbrough had an interesting and fun group of friends! (August 2015)

[Jill Porter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I still remember the shelf on the library in Lapeer where her books were kept. They were fascinating. Life as I thought my mam should have been living at that time.