num_pages: 160
description: A pleasure boat company is transformed when the proprietor, Noah, is chosen by the "One True God" to put "sunny" faith back in the world and women back in the kitchen. The author has written "Oranges are Not the Only Fruit" (winner of the 1985 Whitbread award), and "Sexing the Cherry".
language: English
title: Boating for Beginners
titlecomplete: Boating for Beginners
characters: Noah Faulkner
genres: 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Novels, Religion, LGBT, Fiction, Humor, Fantasy, Contemporary, Unfinished
ratings_count: 1347
publisher: Minerva