Breakers

Hank Crawford has come far from his days as a greenhorn. A skipper with his own boat and crew, he's taken on a whole new set of responsibilities-a third child, a brand-new boat, a dream house-and plenty of bank loans. It all seems manageable as long as the seemingly endless hauls of crab and salmon keep flowing in.Then, suddenly as a winter squall, trouble hits. Hank's boat is damaged; his youngest child falls ill; a devastatingly poor crab season brings little income, salmon prices plummet. During a trip to Japan, a troubled Hank is tempted to compromise his business ethics to save his boat-and is drawn into a careless romance that could cost him the wife and family he loves.Breakers gives a rich picture of the fishing life. It is also a captivating portrait of a good man at a moral crossroads.