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A Review of: Honeymoon At Sea

by Jennifer S. Redmond

In her deeply poignant and entrancing memoir, Honeymoon at Sea, Jennifer Silva Redmond evocatively recalls the intrigue of an adventurous but lovely extended honeymoon spent sailing the beautiful but changeable waters of Mexico, imbibing exotic cuisines and locales, and wandering pristine empty beaches — each unique moment a morsel of savory goodness. As such, her fascinating and exotic recollections evoke the dual mystery and pleasure of recent marriage and solo traveling with a truly loving partner. Such feelings of rapture and wonder, punctuated by brief moments of less diaphanous reality, permeate her tale with the immediacy and potency of a true odyssey. Together with brief flashes of personal history highlighting long moments of separated presence, like in a dream, her story reflects and illuminates the journey of life itself.

Jennifer Silva Redmond, a young actress floundering a bit in her desires and aspirations, finds herself resettling karma-like into the embrace of a once-true-love. An explorer at heart, and never far from a hippie-gifted childhood, she eagerly accepts her lover’s invitation to take their Honeymoon At Sea. These two share experiences one might eagerly anticipate from such a wondrous and unpredictable voyage, and Ms. Redmond…