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Top members (works)caitemaire (7), mrm17 (7), Mziselman (6), gbrewski (6), islesfordlibrary (6), GreatCranLibrary (5), rmacd47 (5), abycats (5), jeboyer (5), herzogbr (5), sunnydurn (5), lwieczorkiewicz (5), chasafras (5), tomray (5) — more Recently addedChrisTWorm (3), bbcbkn (1), phreadingcentre (1), BookerTeegarden (1), ksnider (1), clinec1 (2), morrisab (1), nauticalscribe (1) Member favoritesLinda Greenlaw has 11 upcoming events.  Book Signing with Linda Greenlaw, author of Lifesaving Lessons Join us at Sherman's Books in welcoming Maine author Linda Greenlaw, who is touring in support of her new memoir Lifesaving Lessons. --- Famed swordfish boat captain Linda Greenlaw faces her greatest battle with nature—a newly adopted teenage daughter Linda Greenlaw isn’t a woman who shies away from a challenge—a nationally renowned swordfish boat captain made famous in the film The Perfect Storm, Greenlaw is also a bestselling author and a television celebrity. Through hard work and determination, she had created a life of peaceful independence, living on a rugged island off the coast of Maine.
Then came Mariah.
A troubled fifteen-year-old, Mariah arrives on the island to stay with her uncle, an island newcomer and seemingly normal guy. The entire community is rocked when it is revealed that Mariah has suffered terrible abuse at his hands, and the island comes together to rescue the teenager from further harm. Alone and at risk, Mariah needs a guardian and the island residents nominate Linda, who is not exactly the picture of maternal warmth.
A remarkably candid and tenderly funny memoir, Lifesaving Lessons follows this unexpected mother-daughter pair as they navigate their new life together, learning to trust themselves and each other and forge the loving family that neither of them knew they needed. (added from Penguin)… (more)Linda Greenlaw Linda Greenlaw Linda Greenlaw Linda Greenlaw Linda Greenlaw has 2 media appearances. Linda Greenlaw Linda Greenlaw discusses The Lobster Chronicles: Life On a Very Small Island. —from the publisher's website After seventeen years at sea, Greenlaw decided it was time to take a break from being a swordboat captain, the career that would later earn her a prominent role in Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm and a portrayal in the subsequent film. She felt she needed to return home -- to a tiny island seven miles off the Maine coast with a population of 70 year-round residents, 30 of whom are her relatives. She would pursue a simpler life; move back in with her parents and get to know them again; become a professional lobsterman; and find a guy, build a house, have kids, and settle down. But all doesn't go quite as planned. The lobsters resolutely refuse to crawl out from under their rocks and into the traps she and her sternman (AKA, her father) have painstakingly set. Her fellow Islanders, an extraordinary collection of characters, draw her into their bizarre Island intrigues. Eligible bachelors prove even more elusive than the lobsters. And as mainlanders increasingly fish waters that are supposed to be reserved for Islanders, she realizes that the Island might be heading for a "gear war," a series of attacks and retaliations that have been known to escalate from sabotage of equipment to extreme violence. Then, just when she thinks things couldn't get too much worse, something happens that forces her to reevaluate everything she thought she knew about life, luck, and lobsters. Greenlaw employs throughout her talent for fascinating nautical description and her eye for the dramas of small-town life as she tells a story that is both hilarious and moving. She also offers her take on everything from retrieving engines that have actually gone overboard, to the best way to cook and serve a lobster. The Lobster Chronicles is a must-read for everyone who loves boats and the ocean (and lobsters), everyone who has ever reached a crossroads in life, and everyone who has wondered what it would be like to live on a very small island. A celebration of family and community, this is a book that proves once again that fishermen are still the best story-tellers around. (timspalding)… (more) A 'Seaworthy' Captain Returns To The Open Ocean Linda Greenlaw has 21 past events. (show) Linda Greenlaw Linda Greenlaw Linda Greenlaw Linda Greenlaw  Linda Greenlaw returns with a new memoir Famed swordfish boat captain Linda Greenlaw faces her greatest battle with nature--a newly adopted teenage daughter. Linda Greenlaw isn't a woman who shies away from a challenge--a nationally renowned swordfish boat captain made famous in the film "The Perfect Storm," Greenlaw is also a bestselling author and a television celebrity. Through hard work and determination, she had created a life of peaceful independence, living on a rugged island off the coast of Maine. Then came Mariah. A troubled fifteen-year-old, Mariah arrives on the island to stay with her uncle, an island newcomer and seemingly normal guy. The entire community is rocked when it is revealed that Mariah has suffered terrible abuse at his hands, and the island comes together to rescue the teenager from further harm. Alone and at risk, Mariah needs a guardian and the island residents nominate Linda, who is not exactly the picture of maternal warmth. A remarkably candid and tenderly funny memoir, Lifesaving Lessons follows this unexpected mother-daughter pair as they navigate their new life together, learning to trust themselves and each other and forge the loving family that neither of them knew they needed. Linda Greenlaw is America's only female swordfish boat captain and was featured in the book and film The Perfect Storm and in the Discovery Channel series Swords: Life on the Line. She is the author of three New York Times bestsellers, including The Lobster Chronicles, as well as two mysteries and two cookbooks coauthored with her mother, Martha Greenlaw. She lives on Isle au Haut, Maine.
Location: Street: 125 Water Street City: Exeter, Province: New Hampshire Postal Code: 03833-2456 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Linda Greenlaw Linda Greenlaw Linda Greenlaw Linda Greenlaw Linda Greenlaw
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