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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 · 2018HighBridge Audio · 9781684419371
- Other · English · 2018BoatbuilderMcSweeney's Publishing · 256 pages · 9781944211547
- Other · English · 2018McSweeney's · 237 pages · 9781944211554
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