The Fisherman's Son (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780767902458)

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.

Author: Michael Koepf
ISBN-10: 0767902459
ISBN-13: 9780767902458
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1999
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.72h x 5.70w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 131