Faron Goss
A Novel
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Green Writers Press
Published:3rd Aug '21
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Winner of the 2021 Foreword Reviews Indies Award for General Fiction
When the body of Alison Goss washes up on Menhaden Island, in the Gulf of Maine, the working-class fishing community of hard-hewn ways and salty perspectives is faced with handling the future of her unusual son, Faron. They soon discover how different he is, in strange but endearing ways, including his fascination with moths and his stunning artistic talent. Bound together by weather and sea, Menhaden neighbors with good hearts and blunt opinions overlook Faron's peculiarities. But their nurturing embrace cannot completely erase his troubled past, which eventually morphs into a life-changing event and forces him to confront lingering memories. Faron faces that which haunts him, works as a sternman on a lobster boat, and paints in his studio. When he meets a bird-watching woman who has returned to Menhaden to live in her grandparent's house, his life takes another unexpected turn.
- Commended for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (General Fiction) 2021
ISBN: 9781950584512
Dimensions: 210mm x 140mm x 18mm
Weight: 354g
344 pages