![]() He’s first up in that dark star-filled night, when he finds a strange Arabian horse outside his door and begins an epic ride. My favourite is Lee, a young man left on his own with a farm to run. They range from a 13-year-old boy named Shiloh, who wants to live anywhere but there, to the guilt-stricken bank manager watching his neighbours slide deeper under the debt mountain, to the mother of six who’d rather read a book at the swimming pool than put up her green beans. Like a spirit, Warren - a winner of the Marian Engel award who has written short fiction and plays, here with her first novel - is able to inhabit the minds and bodies of nearly a dozen of the locals. Nothing earth-shattering happens, although some plans get changed. It starts in the middle of a summer night - amazing how many people are up then - and stretches through a long cloudless day. But still I found space in my heart for this unassuming, warm-hearted book about the folks around Juliet, Sask. ![]() I plead guilty: Medieval Spain and the south coast of Australia draw me, and I love to get inside the minds of great artists. Larger than life characters and foreign climes? Not your book at all. If you like big events and daring deeds, search for them here in vain. $31.99ĭianne Warren’s novel, set in Saskatchewan’s fictional Snake Hills, is one of those books that will delight or displease, depending on why you read fiction. ![]() Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receiptīook Review: Cool Water, by Dianne WarrenĬool Water By Dianne Warren A Phyllis Bruce Book from HarperCollins Canada 326 pp. ![]()
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