Outerbridge Reach (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Stone
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., Self-discovery, United States or Americans, New York City, 1980’s, Adultery, Sailing or sailors, Atlantic Ocean, Sea or seafaring life, Filmmaking or filmmakers
- Locales: New York, NY, Oceans
A graduate of Annapolis (Class of 1968) and a Vietnam veteran, Owen Browne writes ad copy and appears in promotional videos for a yacht brokerage. His beautiful wife Anne, to whom he has been married for twenty years, takes the train three times a week from their Connecticut home to New York City, where she works as an editor for a yachting magazine. Their teenage daughter, Maggie, attends a convent school.
As one might expect, the facade of this picture-perfect family conceals serious internal stresses. In his early forties, Owen is restless, dissatisfied with the life he has...
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