Dorx Chronicle
A Father and Son Reckon With the Past in the Florida Keys
Literary FictionBob Rich
Novelist
A Storyteller of Second Chances.
Bob Rich is a lifelong angler, conservationist, and storyteller whose passion for the water runs through every page of his fiction. Looking Through Water, his novel of fathers, sons, and the slow work of forgiveness, struck a chord with readers and is now the basis for a forthcoming feature film. This revised edition returns to the story with fresh eyes, pairing the sunlit stillness of the Florida Keys with a family’s long-delayed reckoning.
Still water has a way of surfacing old wounds.
A Fishing Trip That Changes Everything
It’s 1976, and William McKay is at the top of his game — successful, admired, and quietly hollow. When his long-absent father telephones from the Florida Keys with an unexpected invitation to a father-son fishing competition, William agrees, and the open water becomes the place where decades of silence finally surface. Moving between generations, the novel traces the long shadow a family’s pain can cast, and the release that comes only when old wounds are named and forgiven.
Inside the Story:
- A father and son, long estranged, reunited
- The healing that only forgiveness can bring
- The sunlit stillness of the Florida Keys
If you believe in second chances… cast a line.
Editor’s Notes:
- A quietly moving story of family, pain, and release.
- Now the basis for a forthcoming feature film.
Available Now — Revised Edition, Paperback & eBook
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