In Miya’s Wake

Description

At eighty years old, with his wife dead and a his bold promise to return her ashes from California to her family in Japan unfulfilled; he is at a crossroads. A kamikaze trainee decades ago, Hatashita refuses to fly and everyone laughs when he says he will sail halfway around the world on his own. Old and feeble, he will rely on his iron will and experience long ago as a commercial fishing captain. But demons from his past, passing ships the size of skyscrapers and one of the worst cyclone seasons in recorded history will make the Pacific far from welcoming. If he succeeds on his mission, he might find absolution―and a new life with his wife. Casting off will be an extreme test of his resilience. But first, he will need to buy a boat and―remarkably―learn how to sail.