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Water Witches Hardcover - 1995

by Bohjalian, Chris

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  • Title Water Witches
  • Author Bohjalian, Chris
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Second printing
  • Condition New
  • Pages 351
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of New England, Lebanon, New Hampshire, U.S.A.
  • Date 1995-02-01
  • Features Dust Cover
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ING9780874516876
  • ISBN 9780874516876 / 0874516870
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.86 x 5.82 x 1.17 in (22.50 x 14.78 x 2.97 cm)
  • Reading level 950
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: New England
    • Geographic Orientation: Vermont
  • Library of Congress subjects New England, New England - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94009816
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

From the rear cover

Vermont is drying up. The normally lush, green countryside is in the grip of the worst drought in years: stunted cornstalks rasp in the hot July breeze, parched vegetable gardens wither and die, the Chittenden River shrinks to a trickle, and the drilling trucks are booked solid as one by one the wells give out. Patience Avery, known nationwide as a gifted "water witch", is having a busy summer, too. Using the tools of the dowser's trade - divining sticks, metal rods, bobbers, and pendulums - she can locate, among other things, aquifers deep within the earth. In the midst of this crisis, Scottie Winston lobbies for permits to expand Powder Peak, a local ski area that's his law firm's principal client. As part of the expansion, the resort seeks to draw water for snowmaking from the beleaguered Chittenden, despite opposition from environmentalists who fear that the already weakened river will be damaged beyond repair.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/1995, Page 1177
  • Kirkus Reviews, 12/01/1994, Page 1554
  • Library Journal, 02/01/1995, Page 97
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/02/1995, Page 58

About the author

CHRIS BOHJALIAN is author of the bestselling novel Midwives, as well as Trans-sister Radio. The Law of Similars, Past the Bleachers, Hangman, and A Killing in the Real World, in addition to numerous articles and reviews in publications such as the New York Times, Boston Globe, Reader's Digest, and Vermont Life. Past the Bleachers was filmed as a television movie by Hallmark.

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