| Description |
249 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
"The story of a man coming into his own by coming home. Since he was a boy, Bill Eville knew he wanted two things in life: to be a writer and a father. Being a minister's husband had not been on this list, having left the church as a teenager as soon as his parents stopped making him go each Sunday. In Washed Ashore, Eville's life changes when his wife Cathlin takes a job as the first female pastor of a 350-year-old church on Martha's Vineyard, the island that was once home to generations of his ancestors. With their two small children in tow, the couple begins a new life eight miles out at sea. Readers follow Eville's journey from stay-at-home-dad to newspaper editor as he discovers what it means to be a writer, a father, and-after his wife's devasting breast cancer diagnosis-what it truly means to be a minister's husband. Washed Ashore, told in a series of linked essays, is poignant and funny, filled with faith, struggle, and light"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Eville, Bill -- Marriage.
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Eville, Bill -- Family.
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Eville, Bill -- Homes and haunts -- Massachusetts -- Martha's Vineyard.
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Spouses of clergy -- Biography.
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Spouses of clergy -- Marriage.
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Spouses of clergy -- Family.
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Families -- Massachusetts -- Martha's Vineyard.
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Fatherhood.
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Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) -- Description and travel.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Essays.
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| ISBN |
9781567927382 (hardback) |
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1567927386 (hardback) |
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