Vista Del MarĀ is a rumination on photography, language, geography, history, family, and memory, all wrapped into a story about how the places we live resonate through everything we do. This is a book that will stay with me for a long long time.

Christian Kiefer – Author of The AnimalsAuthor of The Animals

Flawless. A perfect recreation of a Southern California post WW II childhood.

Jane Vandenburgh – Author of The Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth CenturyAuthor of The Pocket History of Sex in the Twentieth Century