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What happens when the American dream collides head-on with a nation's dependence on fossil fuels? Oil and Water, a novel by Mei Mei Evans, focuses on precisely this question. Starting with a star-crossed supertanker, a wayward fishing boat, and a well-known hazard in the Gulf of Alaska, the story presents a region plunged into an oil-slicked crisis. As thousands of miles of shoreline and sea are obliterated, the spill threatens the lives and livelihoods of the coastal community of Selby. At the center of the disaster are Gregg, a down-on-his-luck skipper, and Lee, his lone deckhand. As they cro.

Fishers --- Tankers --- Oil spills --- Communities --- Restorative justice --- Human ecology --- Balanced and restorative justice --- BARJ (Restorative justice) --- Community justice --- Restorative community justice --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Reparation (Criminal justice) --- Community --- Social groups --- Oilspills --- Environmental disasters --- Oil pollution of rivers, harbors, etc. --- Oil pollution of the sea --- Oil tankers --- Supertankers --- Tank-vessels --- Tanker ships --- Bulk carrier cargo ships --- Cargo ships --- Merchant ships --- Petroleum --- Ships --- Accidents --- Transportation --- Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska) --- Gulf of Alaska (Alaska)