Alaska Waters

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Summary: Insite into Alaska
Review: As someone who has always wanted to visit Alaska,I found the author's description of the area, and the salmon fishing industry to be interesting and informative, as well as a story that was a page turner. The family, although individual in every way, was a typical one that we can all relate to. A short novel that I enjoyed. I think the author, although it was his first work of fiction, has a very promising career ahead of him.

Rating:
Summary: Insight into relationships
Review: In today's literary world, inundated with contrived plots and well-worn predictable patterns, it is refreshing to encounter a novel as honest, thoughtful and as keenly written, as Alaska Waters.

Conflicted with his sexual identity and fulfilling the obligations as a son, Will, the young protagonist of the story, returns to the rugged beauty and harsh reality of the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. Struggling with the fate of the family's fishing legacy and reconnecting with his son,Adam, Will's father, faces the reality of his mortality as he battles for survival as a fisherman, father and husband.

Mr. Lape has skillfully woven the realities of love, truth, and acceptance in the midst of a suspenceful, action-packed plot; he brings dignity and class to the theme of sexuality and focuses a spotlight on the fading father-son relationship. The beautiful Alaskan landscape is the proverbial, "icing on the cake" that wraps this story together in one amazing package.

The reader is challenged to reflect on his/her own truth, and within the pages of each chapter, the same phrase is repeatedly echoed, "In the absence of love there is nothing."

Rating:
Summary: Alaska Waters-A must for all!
Review: In today's literary world, inundated with contrived plots and well-worn predictable patterns, it is refreshing to encounter a novel as honest, thoughtful and as keenly written, as Alaska Waters.

Conflicted with his sexual identity and fulfilling the obligations as a son, Will, the young protagonist of the story, returns to the rugged beauty and harsh reality of the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. Struggling with the fate of the family's fishing legacy and reconnecting with his son,Adam, Will's father, faces the reality of his mortality as he battles for survival as a fisherman, father and husband.

Mr. Lape has skillfully woven the realities of love, truth, and acceptance in the midst of a suspenceful, action-packed plot; he brings dignity and class to the theme of sexuality and focuses a spotlight on the fading father-son relationship. The beautiful Alaskan landscape is the proverbial, "icing on the cake" that wraps this story together in one amazing package.

The reader is challenged to reflect on his/her own truth, and within the pages of each chapter, the same phrase is repeatedly echoed, "In the absence of love there is nothing."

Rating:
Summary: Insight into relationships
Review: This author has obviously lived the fishing life in Alaska. His characters are complex and fascinating. Mr. Lape has the knack of making you care about what happens to all of them. His characters ride out difficult relationships with fascinating results, an inspiration to us all. I am waiting with baited breath (pun intended) for Mr. Lape's next novel.