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The BoatbuilderDaniel Gumbiner

The Boatbuilder

2018246 pages
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At 28 years old, Eli "Berg" Koenigsberg has never encountered a challenge he couldn't push through, until a head injury leaves him with lingering headaches and a weakness for opiates. Berg moves to a remote Northern California town, seeking space and time to recover, but soon finds himself breaking into homes in search of pills. Addled by addiction and chronic pain, Berg meets Alejandro, a reclusive, master boatbuilder, and begins to see a path forward. Alejandro offers Berg honest labor, but more than this, he offers him a new approach to his suffering, a template for survival amid intense…

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3 editions
  • Audiobook · English · 2018
    HighBridge Audio · 9781684419371
  • Other · English · 2018
    Boatbuilder
    McSweeney's Publishing · 256 pages · 9781944211547
  • Other · English · 2018
    McSweeney's · 237 pages · 9781944211554
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