Man Overboard by Monica Dickens is the story of Ben, a widower and the father of a daughter, who is decommissioned from the British Navy and has to figure out how to make his way in the civilian world.  His entire working career has been in the navy and he struggles to find a job and to decide what he really wants out of life. The book follows Ben through the confused early stages of his new life when he gets involved with a beautiful television actress who obviously isn’t right for him and when he is desperately trying to find a job.  Many characters seem to come and go…