A Novel Of Competitive Rowing

When documentary filmmaker Rob flies back to New York from a shoot in South Africa to salvage his relationship with his lover Caroline, he unexpectedly finds himself called back to his former boarding school following a heartbreaking tragedy. Despite having long ago buried the memories of the brutal year he spent at the elite Fenton School as a postgraduate rower, Carrey finds that those days now return to haunt him. The Fenton School Boat Club’s top rowing team, called the God Four, is legendary. But the price that they pay for a shot at glory will scar each member of Carrey’s team far into adulthood. Colin, the Massachusetts blue-blood; Jumbo, the good natured giant; John, the preppy lawyer-to-be; Ruth, the Yale-bound coxswain; and Rob , the scholarship athlete from — all of them are forever bound to one another by the terrible cost of victory. Over one tumultuous week, Rob Carrey will learn that he cannot leave the past in his wake.  Flat Water Tuesday by Ron Irwin delves into the dynamics of prep school, the power of teammates, the testing of one's physical limits, and the agony of loss.