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The North Line
The North Line | Matt Riordan
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In Matt Riordan�s debut novel, a college student in need of quick money finds work on an Alaskan fishing boat in the unforgiving Bering Sea. �A frightening story of tough men pushed to the brink. The novel is captivating, occasionally (…more)
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I almost gave up on this one early. It‘s a realistic look at commercial fishing in Alaska from the perspective of Adam, who‘s trying to make enough for tuition to finish college. That comes with a level of unpleasantness that got to be a bit much at first, but I‘m glad I didn‘t bail. I came to appreciate the realism and Adam‘s testing and coming of age. An unexpected ending left me thinking about personal identity, who defines it and how.