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The Fisherman's Son
"Joe Orlando belongs to a leading Gloucester fishing family that emigrated from Sicily a couple of generations ago. But the sea was not for him. Instead, he’s among the ablest and toughest personal injury lawyers on the coast, with a very special regard for his brethren, the fishermen risking their lives in one of the toughest and most hazardous callings in the world.
And he’s about the last in town I’d have expected to write as gripping an inside novel as I’ve encountered in years.
The Fisherman’s Son, barrister Orlando’s first case outside the courtroom, is right from the gut, born of his heritage and his love for this ancient fishing town, his profession, his convictions, his innate anger at injustice and exploitation at sea and ashore and his compassion for their victims, all intertwined with a love story whose tenderness will bring a tear to the most jaded eye.
Hooked from the start, I couldn’t put this cliffhanger down.
Joseph E. Garland
Author/Historian
The Lone Voyager
Down to the Sea
Guns off Gloucester
"
And he’s about the last in town I’d have expected to write as gripping an inside novel as I’ve encountered in years.
The Fisherman’s Son, barrister Orlando’s first case outside the courtroom, is right from the gut, born of his heritage and his love for this ancient fishing town, his profession, his convictions, his innate anger at injustice and exploitation at sea and ashore and his compassion for their victims, all intertwined with a love story whose tenderness will bring a tear to the most jaded eye.
Hooked from the start, I couldn’t put this cliffhanger down.
Joseph E. Garland
Author/Historian
The Lone Voyager
Down to the Sea
Guns off Gloucester
"
356 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 27, 2004
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January 18, 2021
I wish I could remember who recommended this book.
To be fair, I’m not that far in, but did ANYONE edit or proofread this? I’m struggling to get past the poor grammar, atrocious punctuation and faulty sentence structure.
If I get further in, which I very well may not, and the story itself is any good, I’ll edit this review.
To be fair, I’m not that far in, but did ANYONE edit or proofread this? I’m struggling to get past the poor grammar, atrocious punctuation and faulty sentence structure.
If I get further in, which I very well may not, and the story itself is any good, I’ll edit this review.
February 17, 2018
Loved it! Read it in two days! Can't wait for the movie!
June 6, 2007
I think I have met this author. Seems like a nice enough guy.
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