The Fisherman's Son

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
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 09/01/1999
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.72h x 5.70w x 0.81d
ISBN13: 9780767902458
ISBN10: 0767902459
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Fiction | Family Life | General

About the Author
Michael Köepf worked for nineteen years as a commercial fisherman, the same trade as that of his father and brothers. Formerly a journalist and a teacher, he is currently writing a screenplay on Lewis and Clark for Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks SKG. Köepf lives in Elk, California.