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This is a collection of fish stories in the best possible sense of that term. In fact, fishing almost felt incidental in most of the selections and a conduit to reeling in great stories about family, memory, and place. Water indeed has a memory, and this collection reels in big one after big one of storytelling at its finest.
4 🐟 🐟 🐟 🐟If you love to fish, you will want to read this book.I have never fished. I bought this for my SIL who does but he's not much of a reader. So why did I enjoy it so much? Well, there's the writing. Some of my favorite authors contributed to these 25 stories, among my favorites were from:David JoyTaylor BrownRon RashChris Offutt (had me chuckling)Silas HouseAlso, it goes way beyond the rod and reel."This is an anthology about friendship, family, love, and loss, and everything in between,
Loved these stories!
Thanks again to Cathrine for this recommendation. You don't have to like fishing, or eating fish or cleaning fish to like these essays. You'll be happy to simply read some fine writing by familiar authors. Most of them are southern, though a few tell about fishing experiences in the west or north. This book is available on Hoopla for those who want to try it out.
If you love to fish or love the idea of fishing or if you just love great stories get this book. A whole bunch of good reading in one small book of essays
Several of my favorite authors wrote in this collection of stories.
At the heart of every well-beloved novel is that one riveting scene that verges on transcendence and stays in the reader’s memory as the very soul of the book. Gather at the River is a collection of those resonant moments, one right after another, and there’s not a weak story in the assembly. I use the word story, instead of essay, on purpose. These are first person accounts rife with insider’s knowledge in the hands of those that know nuance and how to describe it down to the last rock in the r...
Some really good stories in here. The Taylor Brown bit really hits for me.
Great collection of essays that honor and celebrate the beauty of fishing...of being on the water...of connecting with family...of seeking solitude...of contemplating life’s mysteries. These 25 writers remind me - again- why I enjoy living (and fishing) in the South.
I discovered Scott Gould when i read his short story “The Whooly Bugger Talk” taken from the short story collection “Gather at The River”in which 25 authors share their fishing tales.
