The Wheelhouse Caf�� - a love story in the key of sea

It’s 1994. Cell phones have yet to give seamen a bittersweet connection to the world they leave ashore and Captain John Raymond has been riding the tides of loneliness for years. Lost in the choppy two-weeks on twoweeks off rhythm of tugboat life he feels most alone laying at anchor in New York Harbor because home is so close but seems a world away. The harbor is where John performs The Wheelhouse Café singing over a marine radio in the wheelhouse. He doesn’t know if anyone hears him . . . until he meets ArdenMcHale.. “I’m just a sailor dear and I’m torn between the tides. There’s a raging sea that’s got a hold of me and the woman on my mind.”—Captain John Raymond. The Wheelhouse Café is anchored by a songscape.Visit thewheelhousecafe.com to amplify your experience before after or while you read.. Yvonne Lieblein is a poet raconteur creative producer and communication strategist from the seaside village of Greenport NY. Combining a story with a soundtrack is one of Yvonne’slifelong dreams and her debut novel is anchored in music written and performed by her husband in the real Wheelhouse Café when he was a tugboat captain in the 1990s. Yvonne uses this songs cape to capture the intensity raw beauty and isolation of life at sea. She hopes THE WHEELHOUSE CAFÉ will inspire future collaborations between authors and musicians.