Title: Full fathom five
First published: 2008
Description: "Mary Lee Coe Fowler was a posthumous child, born after her father, a submarine skipper in the Pacific, was lost at sea in 1943. Her mother quickly remarried into a difficult and troubled relationship, and Mary Lee's biological father was never mentioned. It was not until her mother died and Mary Lee was a middle-aged adult that she set out to learn not only who her father was, but also what happened to him and his crew, and to confront why she had shied away from asking these questions until it was nearly too late."

"Fowler searched through old ships' logs, letters, and naval communiques; visited submarine museums, the Naval Academy, and other pertinent sites; interviewed old friends and crew members who knew her dad and mom or served concurrently; and slowly reconstructed the world in which they lived. Fowler's memoir reveals what she eventually learned: the perils and hardships of submarine service in wartime, the tragic irony of how her father's sub was probably lost, and the long-term damage experienced by the families of those who do not come home from war."--Jacket.
Subjects: Fathers and daughters, World War, 1939-1945, Parent and adult child, Mothers and daughters, Naval operations, Children of military personnel, United states, navy, biography, Submarine warfare, World war, 1939-1945, naval operations
Places: United States
People: Mary Lee Coe Fowler (1946-)
LC classification: HQ755.85 .F689 2008