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Title: WATER WITCHES by Chris Bohjalian ISBN: 0-684-82612-7 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 08 April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Dowsing for a great read?
Comment: Chris Bohjalian's book, Water Witches, is a fascinating study of one Vermont family. Laura and her daughter Miranda are "water witches" - they are able to use rods, and their intuition, to advise people where to place wells so as to have clear, drinkable water in their homes. Laura's sister is also a dowser - however her power extends beyond water, and she is able to find lost items and people.
Scottie is married to Laura. After moving to Vermont, he took the highest-paid job he could find, as a lobbyist for the ski industry. While he has built a name for himself, this job has pitted him against environmental activists. However, Scottie finds himself in a bind when his current employer, Powder Peak, wants to build new trails and tap a depleted river for water to make snow. Scottie, however, becomes a reluctant convert to the environmentalists' point of view when he spies a catamount, an endangered Vermont mountain, where the ski resort was planning on placing the trails. He must wrestle with himself and his commitments to do the right thing.
The ending of the story is incredibly powerful, and winds these two tales together with astonishing grace.
Overall, this book is highly recommended for fans of Bohjalian's other books, including Midwives, and readers who are interested in the often delicate balance between environmental preservation and economic growth.
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: Thought I'd like this book, since I know Vermont, have lived through a similar mountain vs. ski resort conflict in New England and am fascinated by dowsing. BUT - the characters are not well developed; they are unconvincing. Hence, the plot doesnt' work. It's essential to the plot that we believe in the conversion of the main character from "cynical lawyer" to environmentalist. This conversion is not believeable. In addition, the writing itself is wooden: heavy-handed metaphor, cliche. The sex scenes, especially the second one, seem irrelevant to the story, too. Not a great book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A special summer treat
Comment: What a find! This is gorgeously written and heartfelt. The characters all are vividly painted and compelling. I loved the plot, the setting, and especially the voice of the narrator. I can't imagine NOT loving this story. Reading it in summer was blissful.
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Title: The Law of Similars by Chris Bohjalian ISBN: 0679771476 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Trans-Sister Radio by Chris Bohjalian ISBN: 0375705171 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 14 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Buffalo Soldier : A Novel by Chris Bohjalian ISBN: 0375725466 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Midwives: A Novel by Chris Bohjalian ISBN: 0375706771 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: 08 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Idyll Banter : Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by CHRIS BOHJALIAN ISBN: 1400052157 Publisher: Harmony Books Pub. Date: 16 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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