Valerie Nieman Colander
Author of Neena Gathering
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- Legal name
- Nieman, Valerie
- Other names
- Colander, Valerie Nieman
- Birthdate
- 1955-07-06
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Birthplace
- Jamestown, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Piedmont, North Carolina, USA
- Education
- West Virginia University
Queens University of Charlotte (MFA, creative writing) - Occupations
- professor (North Carolina A&T State University)
newspaper reporter
editor
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- Works
- 9
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 116
- Popularity
- #169,721
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 17
- Languages
- 1
While Charisse's possible murder is initially the driving force here, the story expands to include Maggie's fascination with stolen writings by Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish naturalist describing an expedition to Lapland, they turn her into a careful observer, not only of nature, but of people.
Her descriptions of sailing, the people around her, and her sailing trips, all enhance the story. While some readers will deduce what really happened to Charisse before it's revealed, that seems secondary to Maggie's sorting life out and surviving. Altogether a fine work of fiction.… (more)