Moon and Sunn

<p>SHANE SUNN grew up in Ackerman Mississippi in the shadow of Moon-his legendary often absent and always fishing father. With literary acuity that sometimes reads more like a novel than a memoir the author recounts exhilarating stories of fishing beside Moon in snakeinfested Mississippi backwaters along with painful accounts of what he endured and internalized when Moon left home yet again in pursuit of the world record Alaskan king salmon. Retracing his life the author leads us on his voyage of self-discovery ultimately realizing the valuable and diverse lessons he learned from his one-of-a-kind dad. Chock-full of philosophical and sometimes theological musings Moon and Sunn beckons us forward in the hard but human work of coming to terms with family disappointment and pain.</p><p>We are reminded that in the end we each have a choice. Pain can make us hard and lock us in the vault of bitterness or if we stare it in the face and address it pain can transform us.</p>