She had a vision of the two of them trapped on a tiny raft surrounded by miles of open water. It would be a kind of test, like surviving on a desert island--but that's what a marriage was, wasn't it? They would have to help each other or die.

Stewart Onan
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The thought of living in a small space with your partner is something many couples dream about. The problem is, they don't know how to make it work. Author C.S. Lewis wrote this novel during World War II, when he envisioned two strangers stranded together on a raft in the middle of the ocean.

After three days without food or water, the raft drops them into the path of an oncoming Japanese ship. It's up to them to survive together.

Source: Songs For The Missing

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