{"product_id":"waterline-paperback","title":"Waterline - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoss Raisin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Ross Raisin, the highly acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eOut Backward\u003c\/em\u003e--a debut novel Colm T ib n called \"compelling, disturbing and often very funny\"--comes the moving and story of an ex-shipyard worker's journey of grief and reclamation in the wake of his wife's death. Lyrical and resonant, with echoes of Paul Harding's \u003cem\u003eTinkers \u003c\/em\u003eand Anne Enright's \u003cem\u003eThe Gathering\u003c\/em\u003e, Raisin's blue collar story of a man's fractured search for a new beginning is a powerfully voiced, penetratingly personal narrative of alienation and, ultimately, redemption. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ross Raisin confirms himself as an exciting talent, a unique, gifted, and generous voice, a young writer with a vision broad far beyond his years.\" --David Vann, \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMick Little used to be a shipbuilder on the Glasgow yards. But as they closed one after another down the river, the search for work took him and his beloved wife, Cathy, to Australia, and back again, struggling for a living, longing for home. Thirty years later the yards are nearly all gone and Cathy is dead. And now Mick will have to find a new way to live: to get away, start again, and try to deal with the guilt he feels over her death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith devastating vision, Ross Raisin brings to life the story of an ordinary man caught in the outer reaches of modern existence, suffering the loss of a great love. \u003cem\u003eWaterline\u003c\/em\u003e paints a captivating portrait of the alienation of lives lived quietly all around us, and of one man's existence dissolved through grief, and the long journey home.\u003c\/p\u003e--The Sunday Telegraph for \u003ci\u003eOut Backward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMick Little used to be a shipbuilder on the Glasgow yards. But as they closed one after another down the river, the search for work took him and his beloved wife, Cathy, to Australia, and back again, struggling for a living, longing for home. Thirty years later the yards are nearly all gone and Cathy is dead. And now Mick will have to find a new way to live: to get away, start again, and try to deal with the guilt he feels over her death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith devastating vision, Ross Raisin brings to life the story of an ordinary man caught in the outer reaches of modern existence, suffering the loss of a great love. \u003cem\u003eWaterline\u003c\/em\u003e paints a captivating portrait of the alienation of lives lived quietly all around us, and of one man's existence dissolved through grief, and the long journey home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 7.97 x 5.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695031881791,"sku":"9780062103970","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c70ad6cf5cca43c9085b9a0cc1515ca8.webp?v=1765002608","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/waterline-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}