A Month by the SeaA Month by the Sea: Encounters in Gaza is a book by Irish author Dervla Murphy. It was first published by Eland Books in 2013.SummaryA Month by the Sea describes Murphy's stay in Palestine during Operation Cast Lead. She met liberals and Islamists, Hamas and Fatah supporters. A second book followed - Between River and Sea - but she destroyed the material for a third book based on visits to the Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan for fear that it might endanger their lives.