Synopsis
Joe Coomer whose fiction includes the beloved New England novel Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God, is a writer of rare warmth, generosity, and insight. Sailing in a Spoongful of Water is his memior of your years spent aboard his vintage motorsailor, Yonder, off the coast of Maine.
This is a book that will entrance lovers of the sea, yet more deeply is it's abook about family: In prose rich with humor and awe, Coomer revisits the signal moments in his life and finds in his wife and their parents and grandparents his own safest harbor. The work of a writer whose powers grow with each book, Sailing in a Spoonful of Water is that uncommon thing--a book full of welcome and joy.
This is a book that will entrance lovers of the sea, yet more deeply is it's abook about family: In prose rich with humor and awe, Coomer revisits the signal moments in his life and finds in his wife and their parents and grandparents his own safest harbor. The work of a writer whose powers grow with each book, Sailing in a Spoonful of Water is that uncommon thing--a book full of welcome and joy.
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About the Author
Joe Coomer's critically acclaimed novls include The Decatur Road, Kentucky Love, A Flatland Fable, and The Loop. His most recent novel, Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God, has been optioned for feature film production by Jodie Foster's Egg Productions. He lives with his wife, WEather in Azle, Texas, most of the year but they spend summers with Yonder in Eliot, Maine.
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