You might have read on one of my posts, not a thread, that there was a book written concerning my grandson. I have read it and his N father does NOT come out smelling like a rose.
My grandson, at 17, attempted an ocean crossing, 2004, with his Uncle Tom, N's brother. No one is a hero in this book, but is is a captivating read.
The N is shown for what he is in keeping his wife, my daughter, in isolated poverty, on a 102½ acre farm, barefoot and pregnant, sharpening saw blades, building dog runs, , no running water, electricity, or phone; she hauled the water, cooked on an old cookstove and this was all in a one roomed cabin; that she gave up her education for this and then the broken promises began until they were no longer talking when the cabin burned to the ground.
It was two years to the day when she finally left him. She needed rent and one Welfare woman wiuld not give it, but she tried again, with another woman and they cried together and she was given a rent cheque. She was gone.
When KC called in the Mayday to Gus, his father just wrote them down then called his new girl-friend and asked her to look after it! She was the one to call Iceland, both Coast Guards and have them at the ready, but her co-ordinates were not what Gus gave her, and the satellite phone gave another set of co-ordinates when the call was made.
KC was dying and the Icelandic Coat Guard had 3 sets of co-ordinates, that meant a Search area of 22 nautical miles.
Well back to the N. I know there will be planty of people reading this book and no one can NOT help but recognize Gus' behaviour, but it is only we who know Ns who will recognize him as such.
Well the N got his in this book, and it wasn't good. I am thankful to the author for that.
The possibility exists that this will also be a movie! anyone have an N handy who is an actor?---I mean in the entertainment way, not ther every day way!
Izzy
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