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092 _aFIC Gumbiner
100 1 _aGumbiner, Daniel,
245 1 4 _aThe Boatbuilder /
_cDaniel Gumbiner.
260 _aSan Francisco :
_bMcSweeney's,
_c[2018]
300 _a237 pages ;
_c21 cm.
520 _aAt 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 pain. Nurtured by his friendship with Alejandro and aided, too, by the comradeship of many in Talinas, Berg begins to return to himself. Written in gleaming prose, this is a story about resilience, community, and what it takes to win back your soul.
650 0 _aBrain
_xConcussion
_vFiction.
650 0 _aAddicts
_vFiction.
650 0 _aDrug addiction
_vFiction.
650 0 _aCommunities
_vFiction.
650 0 _aHealing
_vFiction.
651 0 _aCalifornia
_vFiction.
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