Lines on the Water: A Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi

by David Adams Richards

Book Overview

A Governor General's Literary Award winner for non-fiction, Lines on the Water is a beautifully rendered portrait of a life spent fishing in the Miramichi River by acclaimed author David Adams... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038525850X
• ISBN13: 9780385258500
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Doubleday Canada
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An accurate and warm sharing of memories on the river

I read this book and every fishing trip I have ever been on came rushing back. As I read I could feel the weight of the fly vest on my shoulders and smell the campfire. No one other than a down home salmon fisherman could have written this book. While he fished the Mirimichi I fished the Restigouche and once had the privilidge of meeting his Uncle, Richard Adams, on the Matepedia.I know the beauty of the land and the feeling of a line tighten under a heavy fish, Everything is so real, from the sound of the water and the singing of a reel being stripped of its line down to the irritating buzzing of the bugs. He speaks of the friendships on the river so accurately one knows it is not fiction. A wonderful read that I tore through and will sit down again to read it again to savour anything I may have missed.My only regret is there were only 5 stars to give it.

The Baby Who Wouldn't Go to Bed

My neighbor lent this book to me when I was having trouble getting my 2 year old to go to bed and go to sleep with it being light out at bedtime during the summer. She loved the book and would ask for me to read it again every night. It is one of her favorite books. The action words really invite her to get involved in the story. Words like "vrrruuum-chugga-chug", roaring tigers, parading soldiers,resting not racing trains, musicians playing a lullaby, a sighing drowsy moon, and a yawning baby who doesn't want to stay up all night after his adventures. This could be a classic book.

A beautifully illustrated bed-time book.

This is a beautifully illustrated book about a baby who does want to go to bed and so with a "vrruum-chugga-chug" zooms off in his little car awy from "the Mother" - he meets a sleepy tiger, dreaming soldiers, a resting train, and drowsy musicians until his little car itself falls asleep, not even the Moon will play - then he's rescued by the Mother and goes to bed - my little ones love it (and are usually asleep before the end!!)

Beautiful comparison of life's subtelties and fly fishing

David Richards truly expresses the beauty and subtlety of fly fishing magnificenly. Whether a fly fisherman or not, this book truly is an enjoyable read. Through detailed and off-beat decriptions of his life and his love of the river, he reminds me why I love to read!

My 2-1/2 year old loves this book

I found this book in a bookshop in Cambridge England while on business there about a year ago. It instantly became mydaughter's favorite. It uses some distinctly British words (e.g. the mother "bundles and trundles them home"), butmy daughter enjoys it just the same. If you like "where the wild things are" but want a less-monsterish book then thisis the one for you. Enjoy!