The Catch: Families, Fishing, and Faith

"The Catch" constitutes a memoir of William VandeKopple's introduction to fishing as a child and of his experiences as a youngfather trying to get his three sons to love fishing and be successful at it. But onother, more significant levels, the pieces address interesting phenomena innature, some of the geography of Michigan and Iowa, quirks of personalpsychology, strains in family relationships, and especially grapplings withspiritual matters -- such as the roles in the universe of grace and play, of freedom and law, and of human and divine control.