… A story of family, fortune and change that critics have justly compared to Ken Kesey’s classic `Sometimes a Great Notion.” – The Florida Times Union … In `Before the Wind’ he captures the essence of it all. “This is an incredibly robust evocation of the sailing world of Puget Sound.” –The New York Times Book Review An exhilharating read." - The Washington Times "An affectionate and very funny tribute to the gentle madness of sailing diehards." - The Wall Street Journal Before the Wind is a magical, heartbreaking book.” –The Toronto Star Lynch … writes powerfully and naturalistically, plunging the reader into an alien world, all the while concealing, like the best of magicians, what is really going on. “A breathtaking, emotionally satisfying and genuinely surprising piece of work. Before the Wind can’t help but leave you enthralled, inspired and thirsty for more.” –The Huffington Post Rich in characters contending with a swiftly changing world and their own elusive hopes and dreams, Border Songs is at once comic and tender and momentous-a riveting portrait of a distinctive community, an extraordinary love story and fiction of the highest order.“A veritable feast for the senses. And overseeing all is the mysterious masseuse who knows everybody’s secrets. Madeline Rousseau, who grew up right across the ditch, has seen her gardening skills turn lucrative, while her father keeps busy by replicating great past inventions, medicating himself and railing against imperialism. Closer to home, Brandon’s father battles disease in his herd, and his mother something far more frightening. Mountaintop mansions in Canada peer down into berry farms that might offer convenient routes into the budding American market, politicians clamor for increased security, surveillance cameras sprout up everywhere and previously law-abiding citizens are tempted to turn a blind eye. Life on either side of the border is undergoing a similar transformation. What a decade before was a sleepy rural hinterland is now the front line of an escalating war on both drugs and terrorism. Uncomfortable in this uniformed role, he indulges his passion for bird-watching and often finds not only an astonishing variety of species but also a great many smugglers hauling pot into Washington State, as well as potentially more dangerous illegals. He used to jump over the ditch into British Columbia but now is responsible for policing a thirty-mile stretch of this largely invisible boundary. Six foot eight and severely dyslexic, Brandon Vanderkool has always had an unusual perspective-which comes in handy once his father pushes him off their dairy farm and into the Border Patrol. By the acclaimed author of The Highest Tide, a story of contrary destinies further complicated by the border that separates them.
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