With three previous titles under his belt, coastal roustabout turned journalist Fred Edge has fictionalized his memoirs in Scotch for Breakfast (Trafford $24.95). From an upcoast logging camp to Monte Carlo and Hollywood, the protagonist Conor Hayes is ultimately reconnected to a daughter he never knew he had. "Laurie, Laurie,"; Conor murmured. "If your mother and I had known that you were about to begin your miraculous swim for life, we would have married."; 1-55212543-2

[BCBW SPRING 2001]