_The Fisherman's Son_ , set on the rustic and rocky coast of Gloucester, New England's oldest seaport, is a tale of legal and emotional conflict, passion and a peoples quest for justice. John Palermo, Sicilian by birth, was sent by his dying Papa, alone and terrified, at the tender age of ten, to l
The Fisherman's Son
β Scribed by Michael Koepf
- Book ID
- 111288164
- Publisher
- Crown
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 240 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780307766861
- ASIN
- B004478ARU
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β¦ Synopsis
Drifting in a life raft off the northern California coast after a horrifying shipwreck, Neil Kruger retreats from his fear by recalling scenes from his childhood. He finds solace in memories of his father, a taciturn man who introduced him to the fisherman's life; his mother, who worked at the local cannery to keep the family fed; and a host of local fishermen, whose battles with the sea become for Neil both a model and a tragic foreshadowing of his own fate.
At once a stunning evocation of a dying world and an intimate story of a troubled family, The Fisherman's Son is a triumphant and utterly authentic novel about our lifelines to childhood and the pull of the sea.
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