Ginnie's review
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
by Sebastian Junger
Ginnie's review
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger
Ginnie's review
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My female heart was delighted here to pick up the thread of Linda Greenlaw as a smart fishingboat captain. Unlike nearly everyone else here I did not see the movie so my mental picture of the captain of the Andrea Gail doesn't have a George Clooney overlay. I loved this just for the words on the page.
In October 1991, three weather systems collided off the coast of Nova Scotia to create a storm of singular fury--the perfect storm. Impeccable research...supports this solid account. Junger expertly braids together the individual histories of the six-member crew of the doomed Andrea Gail with those of the economically depressed fishing town of Gloucester, Mass., and various New England fisheries. In lesser hands this amount of detail could sink a narrative. But here it comes together as a seamless chronicle in which weather itself emerges as the protagonist. Junger relates facts on everything from the physics of waves to the science of hurricanes....Despite all of its detail, however...more
In October 1991, three weather systems collided off the coast of Nova Scotia to create a storm of singular fury--the perfect storm. Impeccable research...supports this solid account. Junger expertly braids together the individual histories of the six-member crew of the doomed Andrea Gail with those of the economically depressed fishing town of Gloucester, Mass., and various New England fisheries. In lesser hands this amount of detail could sink a narrative. But here it comes together as a seamless chronicle in which weather itself emerges as the protagonist. Junger relates facts on everything from the physics of waves to the science of hurricanes....Despite all of its detail, however...more
