Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis Paperback - 2006
by Howell Raines
Using fly fishing as a metaphor for the struggle to understand and come to grips with life, here is a unique study of Raines' life, politics, gender; as a son, father, husband and journalist; and his attitudes toward aging and mortality. Its part sporting autobiography, part guidebook to life's middle passage.
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Just as "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance used motorcycle repair as a metaphor for the examination of self, Howell Raines uses his lifelong experiences as a fly fisherman to explore his life, politics, gender, roles as a son, husband, father, and journalist, and his attitudes toward aging and mortality. A man who has fished with presidents and Southern friends as well as with his own two sons, Raines chronicles his progress from "the Redneck way of fishing" for quantity and food to the catch-and-release way of his friend and mentor Dick Blalock. Blalock taught Raines that fly fishing is about attitude and friendship, not about catching fish. Raines imparts tips on casting and stream beds gracefully, along with his love for what he calls "waters that move" as he explores the deep funk he fell into at midlife, complete with a divorce, a seven-year feud with his father and brother, and the all-consuming animosity he allowed himself to develop toward his boss at work. By casting into the waters of his own life -- and ultimately reconciling with middle age -- Howell Raines has written a literate, contemplative celebration of life and friendship.
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- Title Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis
- Author Howell Raines
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William Morrow & Company, Scarborough, ON, Canada
- Date 2006-01-03
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780060834647 / 0060834641
- Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 7.78 x 5.9 x 0.85 in (19.76 x 14.99 x 2.16 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Raines, Howell, Fishing - Southern States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005052502
- Dewey Decimal Code 799.124
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