The Dockporter: a Mackinac Island Podcast
Read by The Dockporter co-author and enriched with summer sounds and music, this podcast is an offbeat, nostalgic coming-of-age story that appeals to anyone who ever had a summer job. If Rushmore director Wes Anderson remade Caddyshack, but it emerged as a hybrid of Footloose and Meatballs (and was a book), it would be The Dockporter. Set on Mackinac Island in northern Michigan, The Dockporter is genre-smashing, hilariously fresh, yet refreshingly familiar—a novel about friends, family, love, luggage, and the summers we never forget. Adapted from the novel of the same name, this is the first of many Mackinac Island stories to come.
The Dockporter: a Mackinac Island Podcast
Chapter 5: Studying
Jack decides to start learning about weight ratios and aerodynamics if he's going to ride 21 suitcases, aka "Blackjack." Along the way, he takes an unfortunate detour past the Grand Hotel. While his skills are questionable, the end result is a chance meeting with Erin, the cello player at the fancy hotel. In romance novels, they call it the Meet Cute. But in this case, there's horse manure involved, which negates that idea.