Brook Trout & the Writing Life
Book description
In this memoir, novelist Craig Nova explores the interconnections between his work as a writer, his personal life, and his passion for fly fishing. Nova leads the reader into his courtship, marriage, the birth of his children, and his life as a father, husband, writer, friend, citizen, and angler. Just…
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1 author picked Brook Trout & the Writing Life as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I was drawn to this book by the title but also the subtitle: The intermingling of fishing and writing in a novelist’s life.
As a fly fisherman and writer myself, I have often thought about the connection between fishing and writing, and more particularly, the similar experiences that come from both, so when I learned about this book, I had to read it. Craig Nova does not disappoint.
Fishing is about good stories, and Nova tells them in this book, but he also reveals how fishing and writing have common needs, such as the need to be in the…
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