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 Author Name: Stephen Grace
Title: UNDER COTTONWOODS
Binding: Hardcover
Type: BOOK
Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT ( THE LYONS PRESS
ISBN Number: 1592281656 / 9781592281657
Seller ID: 1028754
One of the best new fly fishing novels in years! A coming of age novel, with a heart-tugging twist, of 2 Wyoming friends, both scarred but intensely whole, who are drawn together by a common passion - fly fishing. 6x9 inches, 256 pgs.
'Under Cottonwoods is a lyrical novel of two Wyoming friends who are drawn together by their love of fly fishing and the outdoors. Walter is a handsome young man whose face and brain are scarred as a result of a climbing accident that has left him partially paralyzed and mentally diminished. Mike, who lost both of his parents when he was a young teen, is in his own way as handicapped as Walter. Mike seems at first to be the stronger, admirably and compassionately lending a hand to an unfortunate friend, but it's soon clear that each is giving the other something priceless: the insight and courage to challenge the odds, embrace reality, and find a way to flourish and grow. Through quiet times on pristine streams, dangerous times on angry rivers, and through blizzards, harassment in the local nightclub, the pains of opportunities lost, and the daily grind of a life of diminished expectations, Walter and Mike grow stronger as their friendship deepens. With Mike's help, Walter is able to reestablish a bond with his father and dare to chance romance, while Mike, with Walter's constant encouragement and astute observations, is able to make peace with his wife and get on with his life.
There is life after tragedy. Under Cottonwoods, Stephen Grace's exploration of that life, is a perfect blend of humor and compassion rare in a first'or any'contemporary novel. The story is laced with superb characterizations: Mitch, whose twenty years in state institutions taught him only the value of 'safety first' and loyalty; Donna, Walter's true love, who has the wisdom to accept herself as she is; Nancy, a social worker whose concern for the safety of her charges often ensures their frustration and unhappiness; and Nora, Mike's wife, who remains a distant but pervasive presence throughout the narrative.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Stephen Grace has worked as a deckhand on Mississippi riverboats, a whitewater rafting guide, a laborer in national parks, a skiing and snowboarding instructor, a youth counselor, a social worker, and a volunteer firefighter and ambulance driver. He has backpacked throughout Africa and Asia. An amateur photographer and an avid mountain biker, he lives in Wyoming, where he is at work on his next novel.
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