Coconut Oil

By Joe Linker

Penina and Salty return to Refugio, a fictional beach town on Santa Monica Bay, forty years after the close of "Penina's Letters." Married for decades, they come back to a community altered by time, pressure, and quiet need, where questions of belonging and responsibility surface in daily life. As a nearby homeless encampment and a young girl named Waif enter Penina's orbit, the boundaries between private marriage and public obligation blur. Lyrical but grounded, reflective, quietly and wryly comic, this character-driven novel explores marriage, community, and displacement.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530995264
• ISBN13: 9781530995264
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"