Plumbelly

Set in the South Pacific, this debut novel is “a brilliant, discordant, and vulnerable picture of running away to sea and coming of age” (Matthew P. Murphy, editor, WoodenBoat magazine).
 
It’s been two years since fifteen-year-old Gabe’s father uprooted his family and left the United States to sail around the world.  The wanderlust ended in the islands of Ma’atea, where Gabe feels every bit the o...