The Green Drake:

Sudden tragic loss is one of man's most challenging experiences, at times paralyzing. Dealing with such loss often defines the individual. A winning baseball coach and renowned fishing guide, Ted Weaver is a man committed to bringing out the best in others. When he and his Labrador Retriever meet the young, fragile Erin McCort, a shell of the person she had been prior to her father's sudden death, the three are drawn to a relationship which will test each of them. Can the seven-year-old heal from the loss of her father who had been the love of her life and her fly fishing mentor or will Erin, as her mother has for many years, succumb to life within and emotional wall? Can Ted help Erin without allowing a deep, personal loss from his past to overwhelm him? Strong plot with well-defined characters in a first novel which shares the theme of mentoring with The Horse Whisperer, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Faulkner's Race at Morning. A special treat for those who love a fly rod or o good dog and understand the healing power of Nature. People can heal on the water!