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Breakers: A Novel about the Commercial Fishermen of Alaska (Highliners, Bk 2)
Breakers A Novel about the Commercial Fishermen of Alaska - Highliners, Bk 2 Author:William McCloskey In this new novel Fisherman Hank Crawford must fight to keep his business and family intact in this thrilling sequel to the cult classic Highliners. — "No one writing today can match William McCloskey's knowledge of fishing or the breadth of his experience at sea . . . He is the writer of record on world fishing today."--William War... more »ner, author of Beautiful Swimmers
Hank Crawford has come far from his days as a greenhorn in the Alaska fishery. A skipper with his own boat and crew, he's taken on a whole new set of responsibilities-a third child for him and his wife, Jody, and bank loans to finance a brand-new ship and dream house. It all seems manageable as long as the seemingly endless hauls of crab and salmon keep flowing in.
Then, as suddenly as a winter squall, trouble hits. Hank's boat is grounded; his youngest child falls ill; a devastatingly poor crab season brings little income. During a trip to Japan, a troubled Hank is tempted to compromise his business ethics to save his boat-and drawn into a careless romance that could cost him the wife and family he loves.
Breakers captures the excitement and danger of the fisherman's trade: the cold and massive crab pots that can crush an unwary man in a moment; the homecoming celebrations in the Kodiak bars; the rivalry between the fishermen and the foreign fleets that use legal loopholes to plunder American waters. It is also a captivating portrait of a good man at a moral crossroads.« less