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A Place on Water: Essays

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In a trio of wonderful, long essays, a nature creator, a poet, and an essayist/novelist let us sit down in on their friendship and what draws them, inexorably, to the same small pond in Maine. A joyful, unforgettable book.

Bob, living in a farmhouse near the pond, buys a dilapidated camp at the water’s edge and finds his way down there almost day-to-day, to swim or ski, depending at the season. His friends discover the allure of the pond, too–summer afternoons of swimming with Bob, his wife Rita, and an assortment of canine dog-paddlers, or companionable conversations over a beer, enjoying the wonderful thing about a quiet pond beyond the porch. Bob tells the McNairs about a neighboring camp up for sale, a perfect little camp, compact as a ship in all its details, they usually buy it. Roorbach feels drawn to the pond so strongly that he and his wife infrequently bushwack through underbrush so as to not intrude, but the pond is a place where this trio of friendships flourishes. Told with humor and affection, the stories in this small book will appeal to any individual who feels drawn to spend time near water.

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