Advance Praise for The Earthquake Shack:
“History, memory and desire all collide in this breathtakingly kaleidoscopic portrait of California and its dreamers. Gary Diedrichs writes with humor, sensitivity, and a pungent sense of the salt-sprayed world of Sausalito in the 1950s. This is a love story about a place and its people that can captivate all of us.”
—Landon Y. Jones, former editor of People and author of William Clark and the Shaping of the West
“Diedrichs has chosen an unforgettable era of Sausalito’s rich history and the great characters that lived the story to people the pages. This first novel remains true to this waterfront town’s crazy-quilt past.”
—Phil Frank, Sausalito historian
“The Earthquake Shack is a big novel about a little town. But Sausalito is a town like no other, and Diedrichs weaves history and story into a celebration of Sausalito and life itself. The harum-scarum characters at the edge of, and on, Sausalito’s waters (plus two in the ether) intervene in the life of the damaged protagonist and his Earthquake Shack habitat which a series of dramatic events are set to destroy.”
—Susan Trott, author of Crane Spreads Wings
“This is a terrific tale about one of the great chapters in San Francisco’s extraordinary history, the story of about a small community sprung up from the ashes of the great earthquake and fire. In a city of great neighborhoods—North Beach, Nob Hill, the Haight-Ashbury—these ‘temporary’ homes should find a permanent spot in our hearts.”
—James Dalessandro, author/screenwriter, 1906
“A page-turning ride across time and history, the earthquake shack is a mystical romp that paints a picture of times gone by with a bright brush. Infused with quirky characters and zany plot twists, you end up pleased, satisfied, and hungry for more. I put off reading the end of the book to hold onto its deliciousness.”
—Linda Joy Myers, author of Don’t Call Me Mother
