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Book Review of Water Witches

Water Witches
Water Witches
Author: Chris Bohjalian
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


After a slow start, the novel starts moving and begins to engage, but I could put it down often and not feel I was,missing much. The lawyer husband and father of gifted water dowsers faces a difficult moral decision when the ski resort he is a lobbyist for wants to increase ski trails and snowmaking capacity in the midst of a severe Vermont drought. The conflicting issues of jobs and development versus environmental concerns are presented in more detail than the way the characters are drawn. The ending seemed a bit too pat for my liking. Not one of his best as far as this reader is concerned.