Sea Sick

<p>Is there a doctor who wouldn’t want to work on a cruise ship sailing to Rio?</p><p>Ruth sets off on the voyage of a lifetime with her husband, Tom, yearning for a blissful break away from fifteen years as a hectic GP in the East End of London.</p><p>Within days an epidemic of Norovirus takes over the ship. Strict sanitary measures are implemented. </p><p>Passengers are quarantined. The mood on board changes.</p><p>As the sole doctor Ruth works alongside two nurses one of whom is an alcoholic. Tensions in the Medical Centre mount. </p><p>Medical cases include life-threatening emergencies. A GP surgery it is not.</p><p>At the doctor’s table apparently colourless passengers reveal surprises as the trip unfolds. </p><p>By day Ruth struggles with the masculine hierarchy while evenings bring romantic escapism for Tom and Ruth.</p><p>Ruth’s unease grows as she realises that the ship retraces the Atlantic slave trade ports. </p><p>Her family story as Ten Pound Poms emigrating to Australia in 1949 and their subsequent four Atlantic crossings ignites her lifelong attachment to the sea.</p><p>But will this be Ruth’s last voyage?</p>