Washed ashore : family, fatherhood, and finding home on Martha's Vineyard / Bill Eville.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eville, Bill, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spouses of clergy--Biography.

Spouses of clergy.

Spouses of clergy--Marriage.

Spouses of clergy--Family.

Families--Massachusetts--Martha's Vineyard.

Families.

Fatherhood.

Eville, Bill--Marriage.

Eville, Bill.

Eville, Bill--Family.

Eville, Bill--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Martha's Vineyard.

Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--Description and travel.

Martha's Vineyard (Mass.).

Physical Description:

249 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : David R. Godine, Publisher, 2023.

Summary:

"The story of a man coming into his own by coming home. Since he was a boy, Bill Eville knew he wanted two things in life: to be a writer and a father. Being a minister's husband had not been on this list, having left the church as a teenager as soon as his parents stopped making him go each Sunday. In Washed Ashore, Eville's life changes when his wife Cathlin takes a job as the first female pastor of a 350-year-old church on Martha's Vineyard, the island that was once home to generations of his ancestors. With their two small children in tow, the couple begins a new life eight miles out at sea. Readers follow Eville's journey from stay-at-home-dad to newspaper editor as he discovers what it means to be a writer, a father, and-after his wife's devasting breast cancer diagnosis-what it truly means to be a minister's husband. Washed Ashore, told in a series of linked essays, is poignant and funny, filled with faith, struggle, and light"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781567927382

1567927386

OCLC:

1295242679

Publisher Number:

99993952001