October 15, 2016, Saturday - BODY OF WATER: Reading & Signing with Chris Dombrowski at Milkweed Books

Time: 4:00 pm to 5:30pm

Location: Milkweed Books on the first floor of the Open Book building

BODY OF WATER: Reading & Signing with Chris Dombrowski

Join author and fly-fishing guide CHRIS DOMBROWSKI for a reading and signing in celebration of the release of his book, 'Body of Water: A Sage, A Seeker, and the World's Most Alluring Fish,' which Publishers Weekly calls "a lyrical, genre-defying tribute." 

This event is *free*!

ABOUT THE BOOK
"A lyrical, genre-defying tribute. Drawing on Caribbean history and the evolution of fly-fishing, Dombrowski's foray into nonfiction proves thematically complex, finely wrought, and profoundly life-affirming." 
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

On a whim, and during a particularly challenging time in his life, fly-fishing guide and author Chris Dombrowski accepted an invitation to the Bahamas—a trip that would alter his life's trajectory.

In the Bahamas, Dombrowski is introduced to the country's most elusive and highly prized creature, the bonefish; and to David Pinder, the legendary fisherman who helped build the bonefishing industry. Bonefish are prized not for their taste or beauty, but for their speed and elusiveness. No one was better at hunting them than Pinder, whose vision, perception, accuracy, and patience were virtuosic. Pinder's gifts, combined with the appeal of the bonefish, turned the Bahamas into one of the world's great fishing destinations. In 1958 the cost of a guided fishing trip was five dollars; by 2012, that price had risen at three times the rate of inflation to six hundred dollars.

But, as Dombrowski shows, it is possible to love a place to death. Masterfully weaving together the ecological destruction of overfishing and Pinder's post-guiding life, which had left him with cataracts and a modest severance package after forty years of service, Dombrowski unravels a story of clarity, humor, and spirit, one that is "destined to be a classic" (Jim Harrison).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in Michigan, Chris Dombrowski earned his MFA from the University of Montana. He is the author of two collections of poems, and his poetry and nonfiction have been widely published. Also a fly-fishing guide, Dombrowski lives in Missoula, Montana. Body of Water is his first narrative nonfiction book.