The Fish Boats
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: July 25, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9781420853674
Subjects: General & Literary Fiction; General; Fiction / General; Fiction; Fiction - General
Description: The Fish Boats is the story of Tricia Catherine Petrini, growing up in an Italian fishing family, in the coastal town of Monterey California.  As told through her diary, Tricia’s last year of high school leads her to the possibilities of adulthood while her family struggles with the day to day life as fishermen.   As the youngest of three children, Tricia lives in the shadow of her older, undisciplined sister Leila.  But with an abundance of Italian family members, Tricia relies on family ties as she tests the waters of her own life
Notes: Vernon Rodrigues is a native Californian, born and raised in Oakland.  He has spent all his life living in the Greater Bay Area and currently resides in Castro Valley, California.  His childhood trips visiting relatives in Monterey are the inspiration for The Fish Boats.  He has enjoyed traveling and writing and has also written: South Through the Painted Dessert, The Raw and the Rough, Lilacs and Leisure, The Lamp and various poetry writings.