Before the Wind by Jim Lynch

Before the Wind by Jim Lynch

Following The Highest Tide, Border Songs, and Truth Like the Sun, Jim Lynch now gives us a grand and idiosyncratic family saga that will stand alongside Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion.

Joshua Johannssen has spent all of his life surrounded by sailboats. His grandfather designed them, his father built and raced them, his Einstein-obsessed mother knows why and how they work (or not). For Josh and his two siblings, their backyard was the Puget Sound and sailing their DNA. But both his sister and brother fled many years ago: Ruby to Africa and elsewhere to do good works on land, and Bernard to god-knows-where at sea, a fugitive and pirate. Suddenly thirty-one, Josh--who repairs boats of all kinds in a Steinbeckian marina south of Seattle--is pained and confused by whatever the hell went wrong with his volatile family. His parents are barely speaking, his mystified grandfather is drinking harder, and he himself--despite an endless and comic flurry of online dates--hasn't even come close to finding a girlfriend.

But when the Johannssens unexpectedly reunite for the most important race in these waters--all of them together on a classic vessel they made decades ago--they will be carried to destinies both individual and collective, and to a heart-shattering revelation. Past and present merge seamlessly and collide surprisingly as Jim Lynch reveals a family unlike any other, with the grace and humor and magic of a master storyteller.

About the Author, Jim Lynch Website: www.2020players.com Flunking Chemistry Class: The Baseball Players, is the fourth novel written by Jim Lynch. Mr. Lynch's previous novels include: -Seekers, Sinners & Simpletons: The Spirituality Players (published in 2013) -The 2020 Players: A Futuristic Account of the 2020 Presidential Election Year (published in 2011) and -The Rhapsody Players: The Sensuous Pursuit of Health, Happiness and Longevity (published in August 2010.) Jim is currently working on his fifth novel: The Wasted Generation (due for completion in early 2015.) Prior to his writing career Jim was engaged as a visionary business executive who spent more than 35 years leading other professionals in both entrepreneurial pursuits as well as big business endeavors. He started his career with eight years experience as an investigator for James J. Lynch Investigation and Security Services. He then spent the core of his business career (22 years) as an executive with AT&T. After retiring as an officer of AT&T, Jim returned to his entrepreneurial roots and founded a thriving sales consulting business, and co-founded a successful IT outsourcing business. Then he was one of four entrepreneurs who founded Rhapsody Holdings in 2007. In addition to his career as a business executive Mr. Lynch also gives back to the community through his interaction with several nonprofit causes. He is an active member of the Board of Trustees for the Hunterdon Healthcare System as well as the Hunterdon Medical Center. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for SOAR, a Washington DC based charity that assists aging members of the clergy. Jim and his wife Debbie reside in Hunterdon County in western New Jersey, where they have raised eight children together.

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ISBN 13	9780307949356
ISBN 10	0307949354
Titel	Before the Wind
Autor	Jim Lynch
Serie	Vintage Contemporaries
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Vintage
Erscheinungsjahr	2017-02-21
Seitenanzahl	304
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