Once Upon A Gypsy Moon

Michael C. Hurley, a noted trial attorney who once worked as a professional sailor, returns to the sea to give us a thought-provoking memoir of a man’s yearning for redemption and renewal. Unfolding within the narrative of a long-distance ocean voyage, the story begins as Hurley leaves Annapolis, Maryland, aboard an aging, 32-foot sloop, the Gypsy Moon. After the end of his 25-year marriage, Hurley is short of money, out of a job, and seeking to salvage a life that has foundered. Woven through the compelling prose are gems of insight on such diverse topics as faith and disbelief, life and death, love, marriage and the difference between dreams and delusions. As the voyage brightens in surprising and sometimes humorous ways, the reader is guided to geographic and spiritual harbors that seemed unattainable at the start. Once Upon A Gypsy Moon tells a salty, wave-swept tale in the time-honored tradition, but it also offers a message of hope that will resonate with anyone who has had to pick up the pieces after failure and loss.