The Gods of Second Chances

Raymond, a battered captain who crabs for a living. Jenny, his estranged addict of a daughter. Sitka, his coming-of-age granddaughter. All tried to mend the cracks in their relationship on a tepid reunion.

I know nothing about fishing, nothing about Alaska, and nothing about the gods. Yet, the book enchants me into the rocky world of Yatki Island with meticulous craft and raw poignancy.

The book gets increasingly harrowing towards the end, but I find the final chapters a bit rushed. If there were one more chapter at the end, it would have been a 5-star.