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The First Point of Aries (Paperback)
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The First Point of Aries (Paperback)
Series: The Atlantic Quartet, 1
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Loot Price R348
Discovery Miles 3 480
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Jake Doherty calls himself a mariner. Others describe him as a
yachtsman on a tight budget. He intends to sail across the Atlantic
to Europe in two months time. On the day the story begins, he rides
the wind to a different destination. It is an unpromising evening.
His girlfriend breaks up with him, and a strange woman named Mary
clobbers him with a roundhouse slap for an unintended insult. He
lurches out of the waterfront bar where his luck had turned so
sour, and receives another slap in the face from a roaring March
gale. Offering no resistance, Jake turns and puts the wind on his
back. He drifts across town, unaware that the freezing wind has his
fate as well as his body in its grip, and the voyage has already
begun. Mary is not violent by nature, just sensitive about certain
things. Her world is full of signs and affirmations, a place where
even trivial, everyday occurrences carry significance and portent.
She is certain that she is possessed, but considers possession a
good, positive thing which has aided her in the years since her
once promising life fell apart. She wanders the streets of
Portland, Maine trying to help those even less fortunate. Jake is
drawn in by Mary, enthralled by her perplexing mind and unshakable
spirit. Together they navigate the pubs and sidewalks of Portland,
forming a bond that Mary feels can only be fate. By the end of May,
Jake has set sail and his 35 foot cutter, the Rapparee, is nosing
into the long Atlantic swells. He is on his way to Europe, but it
is not to be the quiet and lonely voyage of reflection and
atonement that he had planned.
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Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
The Atlantic Quartet, 1 |
Release date: |
February 2014 |
First published: |
February 2014 |
Authors: |
Joe Sanders
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
276 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4937-4231-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-4937-4231-0 |
Barcode: |
9781493742318 |
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