Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God - by Joe Coomer (Paperback)

About the Book

The quirky and life-sustaining friendship among three women of different generations is brought to life with rare insight and humor in this poignant novel, optioned for feature film production by Jodie Foster.

Book Synopsis

Nine weeks after losing her husband, Charlotte escapes to a wooden motor yacht in New Hampshire, where her shipmates are an aging blue-haired widow, an emotional seventeen-year-old, and the ugliest dog in literature. A genuine bond develops among the three women, as their distinct personalities and paths cross and converge against the backdrop of emotional secrets, abuse, and the wages of old age.
Off the boat, Charlotte, an archaeologist, joins a local excavation to uncover an ancient graveyard. Here she can indulge her passion for reconstructing the past, even as she tries to bury her own recent history. She comes to realize, however, that the currents of time are as fluid and persistent as the water that drifts beneath her comforting new home.

Review Quotes

Elinor Lipman author of The Way Men Act The proverbial great read where you can't rest until the story's been told -- beautifully -- and all its secrets have been confided.

Judyth Rigler Fort Worth Star Telegram A captivating novel...provocative and life-affirming.

Tom Pilkington Dallas Morning News An entertaining, provocative read.

About the Author

Joe Coomer is the author of The Loop, a New York Times Book of the Year; A Flatland Fable; and an award-winning work of nonfiction, Dream House. He lives in Springtown, Texas, and Eliot, Maine.