ASIN: B00EH3R4Q4
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 419
Originally titled: "The Pier: A Novel about the U.S.S. Indianapolis" - first published, August 2013Welcome to the Laurie, an eight-hundred foot reach of majestic planking dominated by blue-green waters and salt-sweet air, a landmark nestled infinitely along the coastal hamlet of Ormond by the Sea. Here, the day's are long and bountiful, a fisherman's paradise – and a child's playground for the imagination. Here, one can escape...After surviving the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, injured Master Diver Johnny Fitz returns to his Florida home on the water and accepts a job as caretaker of the town’s ocean pier – where, despite his trauma and rage, the Navy man will come to terms with his ordeal, never blaming the Pacific or the predators that tormented him and his shipmate five long days of desertion. Once healed, Johnny will make a life for his family and find passion again for the ...
