Water Witches - (Vintage Contemporaries) by Chris Bohjalian (Paperback)

Number of Pages: 368
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Series Title: Vintage Contemporaries
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Age Range: Adult
Author: Chris Bohjalian
Language: English

About the Book

A conflict between a ski resort attempting to expand and environmentalists wanting to preserve a mountain for nature. The setting is Vermont, the protagonist, a lawyer hired by the ski resort to handle their case. As the novel progresses he becomes convinced of the validity of the opposition's cause.

Book Synopsis

Patience Avery is a dowser--a "water witch." Her natural gifts enable her to locate lost items, missing people, and aquifers deep within the earth. This last skill is more in demand than ever, as her home state of Vermont is in the grip of the worst drought in years. Patience knows better than most that this crisis is only the start.

Yet Patience's opinion means little to her brother-in-law, Scottie Winston. Scottie's spent the long, dry summer lobbying for permits to expand Powder Peak, a local ski area that's his law firm's biggest client. The resort is seeking to draw water for snowmaking from the Chittenden River, despite opposition from environmentalists who fear that the already weakened waterway will be damaged beyond repair. As the pressure mounts--from his wife and daughter on one side and a slew of powerful politicians and wealthy developers on the other--Scottie finds himself pushed closer and closer to a life-changing moral crisis.

One of bestselling author Chris Bohjalian's earliest novels, Water Witches is a prescient environmentalist and political drama that's even more relevant today than it was a quarter of a century ago.

WITH A NEW NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

Review Quotes

"Bohjalian is a master of literary suspense."
--The Washington Post

"Few writers can manipulate a plot with Bohjalian's grace and power."
--The New York Times Book Review

"[Bohjalian's] books are . . . filled with artfully drawn characters and great, passionate storytelling."
--The Seattle Times

"A writer of unusual heart."
--The Boston Globe

About the Author

CHRIS BOHJALIAN is the author of twenty-two books, including The Red Lotus; The Guest Room; Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands; The Sandcastle Girls; Skeletons at the Feast; The Double Bind; and Midwives, which was a number one New York Times bestseller and a selection of Oprah's Book Club. His novels Secrets of Eden, Midwives, and Past the Bleachers were made into movies, and The Flight Attendant is now in development for a limited series on HBO Max starring Kaley Cuoco. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. He is also a playwright (Wingspan and Midwives). He lives in Vermont and can be found at chrisbohjalian.com or on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Litsy, and Goodreads.