Bøker av Sylvia Taylor

What happens when your thoughts are full of sparks and spirited stories are bursting to be told? Treena Innes has provided life thoughts in a Mind Doodle style that lets the reader unzip the colourful words, then unpack the free-wheeling, zig zagging ideas and questions around these lively, genuine reflections. Readers will join this Mind Doodle journey that will challenge their own experiences and entice an endless flow of questions while being entertained. Vibrant, raw and quirky just begins to describe these stories within stories that will perk you up to contemplate your own life musings.

It''s 1981, and Sylvia Taylor has signed on as rookie deckhand on a wallowy 40-foot salmon troller. Looking forward to making money for university, she is determined to master the ins and outs of fishing some of the most dangerous waters in the world: the Graveyard of the Pacific. For four months, she helps navigate the waters off northern Vancouver Island, learning the ways of fisherfolk and the habitat in which they breathe, sleep and survive. The politics of selling fish, the basics of tying gear, near-death experiences, endless boat troubles, the emotional perils of sharing cramped quarters--all are part of a steep and unforgiving learning curve. Taylor''s story captures the reality of life on a fishboat and documents the end of an era, a time when the fishing industry wasn''t yet marred by unchecked overfishing or hyper-regulation. Her lyrical, simple prose explores the tight-knit relationship of fishers with the west coast''s wild, untamed waters. Her memoir bursts with all the humour and hell, peace and upheaval that is the Pacific Ocean.