The Family Ship, Sonja Yoerg
The Family Ship, Sonja Yoerg
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The Family Ship

Author: Sonja Yoerg

Narrator: Lisa Flanagan

Unabridged: 11 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/23/2021

Synopsis

From the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of True Places comes a disarming and emotional novel about a family in distress and a daughter’s mission to keep it from going under.Chesapeake Bay, 1980. Eighteen-year-old Verity Vergennes is the captain of the USS Nepenthe, and her seven younger siblings are her crew. The ship—an oyster boat transformed into a make-believe destroyer—is the heart of the Vergennes family, a place both to play and to learn responsibility. But Verity’s had it with being tied to the ship and secretly applies to a distant college. If only her parents could bear to let her go.Maeve and Arthur Vergennes already suffered one loss when, five years earlier, their eldest son, Jude, stormed out and never returned. Now Maeve is pregnant again and something’s amiss. Verity yearns to follow her dreams, but how can she jump ship now? The problem, and perhaps the answer, lies with Jude.When disaster strikes and the family unravels, Verity must rally her sibling crew to keep the Nepenthe and all it symbolizes afloat. Sailing away from home, she discovers, is never easy—not if you ever hope to find your way back.

About Sonja Yoerg

Sonja Yoerg is the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of the novels Stories We Never Told, True Places, All the Best People, The Middle of Somewhere, and House Broken. Sonja grew up in Stowe, Vermont, where she financed her college education by waitressing at the Trapp Family Lodge. She went on to earn a PhD in biological psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and wrote a nonfiction book about animal intelligence, Clever as a Fox, before deciding it was more fun to make things up. Sonja lives with her husband in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. For more information, visit www.sonjayoerg.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Regina on March 25, 2021

In short, this is why I read. I loved Sonja Yoerg’s novel The Family Ship so much that I’m going to resist the urge to crack jokes or use any boat-related puns. (I know. Wish me luck.) First of all, this is literary fiction all the way. The concept of nine children being the crew of a ship may imply......more

Goodreads review by Christine on January 09, 2021

4.5 rounded to 5 stars Sonja Yoerg does it again. I have read all 6 of her novels now, and all 6 have been winners! She is one of my favorite go-to authors. I never read the blurb before diving in as I know I will like whatever she comes up with. Her books are so different, yet every one has depth, c......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on February 23, 2021

Oh, hello, book I loved. It’s 1980, and the Vergennes family is living near the Chesapeake Bay of Virginia. Verity is 18 years old and the captain of an oyster boat (scratch that; it’s a make-believe destroyer!), the USS Nepenthe. Her seven siblings are her crew. Her brother, Jude, ran away years ag......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews on February 23, 2021

A family with nine children, a ship in the backyard, and a house run like a drill sergeant was in charge. We meet the Vergennes family and learn that the ship is a diversion to keep the children busy as well as teach them how to be self-sufficient and learn life skills. THE FAMILY SHIP has a storyline......more

Quotes

“This richly-drawn and insightful story demonstrates an exceptionally deep understanding of family relationships.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)“Families, like ships at sea, sometimes founder on hidden rocks and begin to break apart. Which is exactly what happens to the Vergennes family in Sonja Yoerg’s luminous The Family Ship. Only a heart of stone would be immune to the charm of the Vergennes children, all nine of them. Yoerg offers this large, disparate crew to the reader with the wisdom and compassion of a consummate storyteller. And she tops off the tale with one of the most exciting finales I’ve read in years. I recommend this book with my whole heart.” —William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of This Tender Land“With both wit and wonder, Sonja Yoerg navigates The Family Ship through choppy waters. This novel is completely immersive and highlights the enduring power of story in both our lives and our families. Yoerg’s prose and imagination are the strong currents that bring this fabulous tale to life.” —Patti Callahan, New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis

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