Goodreads asked Jim Lynch:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Jim Lynch The idea for Before the Wind has been brewing inside me since I was a child. I've always thought that if I could write precisely about the exhilaration and serenity and fear and danger and chaos of sailing that it could work as a microcosm of life. I've also long wanted to write about the push and pull of family, the way we are shaped by our family's demands and expectations, whether we try to meet them or rebel against them.

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