You don’t have to be a lobster man – or even live on the Maine coast – to enjoy Bearin’s: The Book. All you need to do is have a few minutes to sit and enjoy author Brian Robbins’ humor, insight, and imagination.
A handpicked collection of Robbins’ Bearin’s columns (featured in BearinsCommercial Fisheries News since 1988), Bearin’s: The Book offers the reader everything from fictional comedy with a Downeast Maine twist to heartstring-tugging essays on life, death, and dogs.
A former offshore lobsterman who fished the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank, Robbins has a knack for combining the storytelling talents of his native state with pop culture and a more-zen-than-anything outlook on life.
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Sterno: Maalo, Music, And Mystery
(The tale of a memorable cook)
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Josh Bollard: Coffee In A Plain Cup
(An example of how a crew simply does what needs doing during hard weather)
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Captain Brown
(In which the author pays tribute to a friend and hero)
Life on a trip-fishing offshore lobster boat is explored in chapters such as:
The world of the inshore lobstermen who begin each day hours before daylight is shared (with a humorous twist) through the eyes of fictional character Eddie Pluggs in numerous adventures, including Morning Rituals, The Lobster Car, Alewives, and The Sun Jelly.
The chapter titled Advice To The Capped And Gowned (an entertaining graduation address) has become an annual reading each June at some schools along the Maine coast. The Tale Of The Tape may just provide you with a new outlook on where you are in your life. The Brothers Robbins Unwrapped will introduce you to the joys – and the risks – of a saltwater shower out on deck. A Pre-Christmas Run To Canada will take you to Nova Scotia in a roaring snowstorm, while No Rowboats in Castara transport you to a little village in sunny Tobago, watching the fishermen swim off to their boats in the morning. You’ll say good-bye to much-loved family and friends – and welcome new little souls into the world, as well.
Bearin’s: The Book delivers all the things the cover promises – Bulkhead Wisdom, Quiet Smiles, Belly Laughs, and Good Ol’ Salty Tears, spread over 65 chapters.
Published by North Wind Publishing, Belfast, ME
www.northwindpublishing.com
Retail Price $17.95
