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Salt in Our Blood: The Memoir of a Fisherman's Wife

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A Higher Loyalty James Comey. Yes Please Amy Poehler. Book ratings by Goodreads. Jan 19, Pat Gallagher rated it it was amazing. Having lost my own son, I wanted to read this book to see how Michele Longo Eder handled her grief process. I cried through a good portion of the book. Brought back many memories of what I went through and still am ten years after he died. This is a fascinating look into the lives of the fishermen who risk their lives.

A very in depth look into the wives and families on shore waiting for their loved ones to return from the sea. Jul 21, Vera rated it really liked it. I couldn't stop reading this book. I learned a lot. Mar 11, Theresa Mathews rated it it was amazing. Salt in Our Blood is bittersweet story of what life is like as fisherman's wife. I can't imagine grieving the loss of a child, especially knowing the tragedy her son and his mates experienced in their last moments. Michele Longo Eder shares the challenges, fears, hard work, and love that goes into supporting a fisherman in his trade.

Salt in Our Blood: The Memoir of a Fisherman's Wife

She writes with the expertise, knowledge, humour, and drive that is required to do the job right. Aug 01, Katie Maguire rated it it was ok. The book was a good look at what had happened. I enjoyed the conclusion of the book. I feel as though a couple key points were missing.

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Accidents happen and no one is to blame, but human error should be considered something different. We're featuring millions of their reader ratings on our book pages to help you find your new favourite book. It was wonderful to learn - from There are two sides to this book. It's strange to me, but also comforting. The Bond Simon Mccartney. A very in depth look into the wives and families on shore waiting for their loved ones to return from the sea. Involved in both professional and community associations, Michele's interests have centered around those groups that contribute to the support of families and children, such as the YMCA and Newport Fishermen's Wives.

I know the book wasn't about the skipper of the boat, but it's important to be honest. My father was the skipper of the Nesika and I know how he felt about taking the job and the stress he was under to run the boat the way bob Eder had asked him to. He had signed a contract with bob Eder from December through February. The sole purpose was to show Ben Eder how t The book was a good look at what had happened. The sole purpose was to show Ben Eder how to run the boat the way his father wanted.

As a child it was exciting sending my dad off to sea. We would drive down the jetty and wave good buy as he would blow the horn from the boat. Always knowing that he'd be back within a few days to reload with ice, fuel and crab pots.

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And there was never a time I had seen the miss law without the outriggers on. He was told to do a job by the owner for which he did the way bob instructed. I guess he could have refused to take the job. And now I know why he sat on the couch the morning he left upset. Bob made poor choices and families suffer and still do. Maybe this was a honest book from Mrs. Although I feel I'd still be dissatisfied. Rob Thompson was experienced and brave. Easy going and well educated. He had gone to college to be an engineer and adventure stricken as he was chose fishing instead. I just feel sorry that bob has to live with the grief of this accident.

Accidents happen and no one is to blame, but human error should be considered something different. It matters on land and rules apply at sea as well. Sep 10, Dorothy Tooley rated it it was amazing. There are two sides to this book. One is the look into commercial fishing, and the other is a real and compelling look into a commercial fishing family. I learned a lot about the world of fishing, something that had been unfamiliar to me. It was fascinating to have an inside view into an unpredictable and dangerous lively hood. A few years ago, I had the honor of becoming friends with a woman from a small, family farm.

I knew so little about fishing, and farming. It was wonderful to learn - from There are two sides to this book. It was wonderful to learn - from the inside. The other side of the book is the very real, very personal, look into this fishing family. I am always stunned by the generosity of someone opening their life to all of us. This author was honest, sharing her joys and her very terrible sorrows, also.

Here is how much I loved this book. I bought it for my Kindle, and am seriously considering a paper copy so that I can 1 see the pictures better and B have it sitting on my shelf. I loved this book. Jan 05, Sue rated it it was amazing. I bought this book when it first came out, but the length and the diary format scared me away.

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I know the author and her husband from our local Nye Beach Writers Series. I knew their son had died in a fishing boat accident. But there was so much more to the story.

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In this memoir, Eder gives us two years: This book is heartbreaking, enlig I bought this book when it first came out, but the length and the diary format scared me away. This book is heartbreaking, enlightening and inspiring. An added bonus for me was recognizing many of the names and places that are mentioned. I know these people and places. I have walked along the Bayfront and wondered about the people who own the boats. Now I feel as if I know them, too. This book should be required reading for anyone who lives in a fishing port.

Feb 07, Mary rated it really liked it. I wanted to read this book because I live in Newport and the capsizing of the Nesika occurred within the first year we lived here. We live within sight of the boats and the Yaquina Bay Bar--but I didn't really know anything about the fishing industry and their families. This book took me inside the experience of an important local fishing family, sharing their challenges and tragedies.

I felt like I had shared in their lives--and understood more about the risks of fishing and crabbing on the Ore I wanted to read this book because I live in Newport and the capsizing of the Nesika occurred within the first year we lived here.

I felt like I had shared in their lives--and understood more about the risks of fishing and crabbing on the Oregon Coast. Nov 30, Geoffrey rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Every so often, but just often enough to revive my faith in writers, I encounter a book that simply must be read cover-to-cover in one sitting. It's rare, but it's worth the wait. This was one of those books.

This book will inevitably be made into a movie. It has all the elements of a novel, yet it's a true story. The way the book is laid out, and the astonishing core of the tale in the middle of the book, and the clarity of the writing, all combine to make a page-turner. Heart wrenching I am the wife of a commercial fisherman, one of my friends suggested I read this book. It is the heart wrenching true story of a fishing family who lost their son, brother and crew in a tragic fishing accident.

The book is wonderfully written with journal entries, article as and reports pulled together seamlessly, creating a book that I just couldn't put down. Thank you for sharing your story.

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May 16, Maxine rated it really liked it. The year was drenched in tragedy and I remember the day in December when I looked out at the ocean and saw the boat rolling the surf - and learned that the four young men aboard it had all been lost at sea. It took awhile for me to read Michele Longo Eder's well-written memoir of her life as a fishermen's wife and the devastating loss at sea of her son Ben and three others, but I'm glad I read it.

I recommend it as a glimpse into life on the Oregon coast. Sep 21, Wyma rated it really liked it. I don't know what page I'm on but I surely am fascinated by this book. I know the author and am amazed at her willing revelation of self as she tells us what it's like to be part of a fishing family in the 21st century. I've lived on the coast of Oregon twice now for a total of nearly 20 years and never understood so well as I do now.

I've interrupted my reading to finish overdue library books. I'm back in it now. Oct 23, Lori Vaccaro French rated it it was amazing. This book just hit home on so many different levels.

You send them out and hope like hell that they come home. I don't often cry, but I was crying on the treadmill as I was reading this. This book is my worst fear come to life. Read it when he is home and safe. Aug 08, Theresa Wisner rated it really liked it. This book chronicles the time period surrounding the death of Michele's son, Ben, in a crabbing accident off the Oregon Coast. In journal style, the book gives an inside look at the life of a commercial fishing family.