Teaser Tuesdays -- Getting the boat in shape

The rules come from MizB of Should Be Reading.

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

He didn't know how long it would take to get the boat in shape, but it was something to do.  And she was right, it would remind him of who he used to be.

~from The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry, page 271  

Just finished this one up.  Fairly soon into the story I felt all smug because I was pretty sure I'd figured out the "twist" -- and I had -- but only one of them, and the second one took me by surprise.  There were several story lines -- past, present, real-life and fictional -- and I have a feeling I didn't catch all the parallels in the story this first go-round.  I recommended it to my mother-in-law (who works at a retirement community and has aging parents)  because the main character's father has Parkinson's.