I picked up this book at my library because I had read Chris Bohjalian's novel Midwives and liked it quite a lot. (Reviewed earlier on this blog.) Water Witches does not keep the reader quite on the edge of her seat as Midwives but is its own story of family and community. The story is set in a small ski resort town in Vermont going through a drought. The main character, Scott Winston, works for a large ski resort. He is married to Laura, who is from a family of dowsers, or "water witches". Scott and Laura are somewhat at odds during their community's plight for water. Whether or not one believes dowsing is possible, this novel exposes the reader to an original idea and a warm community of characters.
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