The Fisherman's Son: A Novel

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 fishermans 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 Fishermans Son is a triumphant and utterly authentic novel about our lifelines to childhood and the pull of the sea.