This is a story about Kate Vegas whose infant boy was taken from her by her husband and sold for $50,000 to free himself from a gambling debt. While she has continually looked for her son, she has never seen him. Deciding to help others, she fosters many children to save them from potential delinquency and begin to heal from their desolate lives. She, likewise, finds healing as she works with lost children. Wayne is her last fostering. Nearly eighteen, he is intrigued by Seal Bay - a California fishing area where he may find happiness and learn to be a fisherman.
So Wayne can pursue his dream, Kate, her widowed father, and Wayne come to this small Northern California village where superstition is part of the hearts of the people. They speak about sixty foot sea monsters and wives and mothers worry when their men are at sea. There is a belief that when the laurel tree weeps someone will be lost at sea and everyone hopes that it is not one of theirs. When this occurs, some of the villagers turn to one woman, believed to be a witch who can see the future of what might be.
People in the village are reserved and independent. Yet Kate and her men stay and hope to make a life in a place so often beset by fog, cold and dampness. While most of the crusty fishermen are reluctant to take the inexperienced Wayne onto their boats, one man adds him to his crew. Gradually, Kate, Gerald and Wayne become part of the village where love and tragedy affect not only the villagers but their lives as well. I liked this sensitive haunting story.
So Wayne can pursue his dream, Kate, her widowed father, and Wayne come to this small Northern California village where superstition is part of the hearts of the people. They speak about sixty foot sea monsters and wives and mothers worry when their men are at sea. There is a belief that when the laurel tree weeps someone will be lost at sea and everyone hopes that it is not one of theirs. When this occurs, some of the villagers turn to one woman, believed to be a witch who can see the future of what might be.
People in the village are reserved and independent. Yet Kate and her men stay and hope to make a life in a place so often beset by fog, cold and dampness. While most of the crusty fishermen are reluctant to take the inexperienced Wayne onto their boats, one man adds him to his crew. Gradually, Kate, Gerald and Wayne become part of the village where love and tragedy affect not only the villagers but their lives as well. I liked this sensitive haunting story.
