The Life & Loves of MARINER JACKIE VIK is a story of love and loss and the strength of human spirit. Due to his sixth sense, Jackie always has to question what is and is not real. The story follows Jackie from his birth through WWII and the early 50's. Perhaps, like most seamen's yarns, Jackie's is full of adventure, friendship and women. While he involuntarily develops into a charismatic ladies' man, he is a romantic at heart who hopes to find the same deep love that exists between his parents, "a love that is more than a love." They are second-generation Norwegian immigrants, a carpenter, artisan and musician and his wife who make their lives in Chelsea, New York in a house full of friends and music. Jackie' is a time-honored journey which brings him to an appreciation of what he has and what is important to him.