"Lovably obsessive . . . an incredibly robust evocation of the sailing world of Puget Sound [with] profound familiarity. . . . Writers have long found poetry in sailing. Lynch's skill is to find it in the mundane tasks and motley milieu that underpin glory on the water." --Caitlin Macy, The New York Times Book Review
"Breathtaking, emotionally satisfying and genuinely surprising . . . a magical, heartbreaking book." --Robert Wierseman, The Toronto Star "An affectionate and very funny tribute to the gentle madness of sailing diehards [that] will amuse even readers who can't tell a jib from a spinnaker. . . . Lynch's writing is propelled by his appreciation of the obsessives and eccentrics who populate the country's marinas, convinced that 'boats embody dreams like nothing else.'" --Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal "A brilliantly crafted family story that moves with the speed and elegance of one of the racing boats it so lovingly describes. . . . Indeed, the two aspects of this novel--the sailing yarn and the family history--are seamless. . . . It's an exhilarating read." --Claire Hopley, The Washington Times "Lynch writes about the science of sailing and the grandeur of Puget Sound with a Melville-like attention to detail, but in the very concreteness of those details a kind of poetry emerges that speaks of the transience of life in all its terrible beauty and exhilarating terror." --BooklistThe Johannssens are a sailing family: adventurous, fanatical, and, for now, a complete and total mess. Ruby, a prodigiously talented skipper, has taken off for Africa. Bernard is god-knows-where at sea. And at thirty-one years old, Josh Johannssen, the middle child, is fixing up an old family boat and trying to figure out where it all went wrong. When Josh’s father coaxes his children home for one last yacht race, the Johannssens find themselves reunited under thrilling circumstances that will change the course of their lives. Before the Wind is a funny, tender, and big-hearted novel about a gifted, volatile family whose love for the sea rivals their love for each other.”
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