House Inside the Waves: Domesticity, Art, and the Surfing Life

Richard Taylor

Dundurn, Jul 16, 2002 - Fiction - 288 pages

Writer, surfer, and househusband Richard Taylor is mad about beaches and islands, and was inspired by a house exchange that whisked him and his family from a freezing Ottawa winter to a year of some of the world’s best surf on the east coast of Australia. In an era of packaged paradises and cyber surfers, the forty-something writer’s first case of the mid-life blues seduced him into recapturing his youthful romance with surfing.

Contents

• Reflections of a Crazed Househusband: 1
• 1 Anatomy of Restlessness: 7
• 2 Heaven and Hell: 16
• 3 Melancholy Lawn Mowers: 27
• 4 Confessions of an Unrepentant Beach Bum: 39
• 5 NorthCoast Perfection: 49
• 6 Mr Mom: 56
• 7 God Save the Queen: 69
• 8 Into the Drink with Lord Byron: 83
• 9 General Advice on How to Avoid Shark Attack: 91
• 10 Hanging Ten: 107
• 11 We of the Never Never: 119
• 12 Ironing John: 134
• 13 The Point: 145
• 14 Snake in the Garden: 151
• 15 Good News from the Secret Annex: 165
• 16 Romantic Egoists: 182
• 17 House Inside the Waves: 201
• 18 The Three Amigos: 213
• 19 The Whole South Seas Kitchen: 229
• 20 Aquatic Intermezzo: 247
• 21 Gidget Big Kahuna NoHoldsBarred Luau: 255
• No Time for Jet Lag: 265

About the author

Richard Taylor is the author of the novel Cartoon Woods. Many of his feature articles have been published by the Ottawa Citizen. A seasoned traveller, he has taught creative writing in Hong Kong, Australia, and Tuscany. He teaches in Carleton University's English department.

Bibliographic information

• Title: House Inside the Waves: Domesticity, Art, and the Surfing Life
• Author: Richard Taylor
• Publisher: Dundurn, 2002
• ISBN: 1554885515, 9781554885510
• Length: 288 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Action & Adventure; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Sports