The story is narrated by Cordelia who helps work her father, Woody’s fishing boat. There is a sense of outrage, injustice that underlies the tale when her mewling baby brother, her father’s first-born son is seen as the inheritor of the family fortune and business. Ironically, it is her mother who believes that a daughter’s place is onshore, not on the sea. Even more ironic that the boy lacks interest in being a fisherman. Life on the sea is a hard one and the book pulls no punches. The tale is told matter-of-factly. People die and get injured, grow old and retire. Sibling rivalries flare and on a small island justice is meted out vigilante style. Wars over fishing rights are fought.
Lobsters are termed Bugs.
And, since this is a novel of this century and the bountiful harvests of yore are no longer so plentiful the lure of easy money from drug running rears its ugly head. The patriarchal progenitor of the Kings Clan was a painter of some note and his paintings are described at fitting points in the story.
Lobsters are termed Bugs.
And, since this is a novel of this century and the bountiful harvests of yore are no longer so plentiful the lure of easy money from drug running rears its ugly head. The patriarchal progenitor of the Kings Clan was a painter of some note and his paintings are described at fitting points in the story.
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