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Title: Breakers: A Novel about the Commercial Fishermen of Alaska by William McCloskey ISBN: 1585740845 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33
Rating: 5
Summary: Read highliners first
Comment: This is a continuation from the book highliners and the life of hank crawford.This continues to follow hank as his family grows and he takes on further progress by purchasing a bigger and better boat but along with this comes more bills to pay and eventually some tough decision which may be good for business and to make bills it is tough on old friendships.
The author does a terrific job in both these books while they are fiction they seem to be very acurate with fishing descriptions both this book and the first (highliners) are excellent reads
Rating: 4
Summary: Alaskan adventure
Comment: Hank McCloskey is a man torn between his love of the sea and fishing with the love of his family. His wife Jody fished the seas with him until they started their family. Three children later, Hank feels a distance growing between them and his desire to be at sea. Trouble comes in patches, Hank over extends their finances by buying a new boat and building a new house. Suddenly their baby boy becomes ill on the heels of a devasting season of crabbing. Faced with mounting debts and pressures, Hank must decide whether to join forces with the Japanese knowing this will strain friendships with other skippers or facing the possible loss of his boat. He is put to the test business wise and personal wise. This book did a great job of getting you to feel and experience the love of the sea fisherman have. I liked the depth and exploration into Hank and Jody's relationship. I'm a land locked Midwesterner who fell in love with this book. Enjoy!
Rating: 4
Summary: Next Best Thing To Being There!
Comment: An excellent story, well written and done in a manner that allows the reader to 'experience' the moment. Accurately describes the Asian attitude and gives good insight as to how and why the Japanese in particular do business in a way that is certainly foreign to most Americans. The Japanese 'method' is not right or wrong, just different from the American 'method'.
Read 'Highliners' first, then 'Breakers'.
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