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Real-life shipwreck story by Sophie Elmhirst wins top prize at Nero Book Awards

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Maurice and Maralyn : An Extraordinary True Story of Shipwreck, Survival and Love , by Sophie Elmhirst , won the 30,000 Gold Prize at the Nero Book Awards .

It tells the story of a British couple who spent four months adrift on a life raft in the Pacific .

The Baileys had to survive at sea for 118 days after their boat was sunk by a whale.

Author Bill Bryson , who chaired the judges, called it "an enthralling, engrossing story of survival".

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English

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