Safe from the Sea
Document Type
Book
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Description
Set against the powerful lakeshore landscape of northern Minnesota, Safe from the Sea is a heartfelt novel in which a son returns home to reconnect with his estranged and dying father thirty-five years after the tragic wreck of a Great Lakes ore boat that the father only partially survived and that has divided them emotionally ever since. When his father for the first time finally tells the story of the horrific disaster he has carried with him so long, it leads the two men to reconsider each other. Meanwhile, Noah's own struggle to make a life with an absent father has found its real reward in his relationship with his sagacious wife, Natalie, whose complications with infertility issues have marked her husband's life in ways he only fully realizes as the reconciliation with his father takes shape. Peter Geye has delivered an archetypal story of a father and son, of the tug and pull of family bonds, of Norwegian immigrant culture, of dramatic shipwrecks and the business and adventure of Great Lakes shipping in a setting that simply casts a spell over the characters as well as the reader.
Call number in WMU's library
PS3607.E925 S24 2010 (Waldo Library, WMU Authors Collection, First Floor)
ISBN
978-1609530570
Publication Date
2010
Publisher
Unbridled Books
City
Cave Creek, AZ
Keywords
fathers and sons, prodigal son, Minnesota, domestic fiction, sea stories
Disciplines
Fiction
Recommended Citation
Geye, Peter, "Safe from the Sea" (2010). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 107.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/107
Comments
Peter Geye received his MFA from the University of New Orleans and his PhD from Western Michigan University, where he was editor of Third Coast. He was born and raised in Minneapolis and continues to live there with his wife and three children. He is the author of the award winning novels, Safe from the Sea and The Lighthouse Road. (from www.amazon.com)