A Reckless Moon
by Dianne Warren
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Welcome to Juliet, Saskatchewan. A blink and you'll miss it kind of town where nothing much happens, until one day ... secrets are revealed, marriages tested and a life ended.Tags
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As always with questions of structure, readers may be divided on how well, and how quickly, Warren gets us to care about this disparate group. For my part, once I was on that merry-go-round, the book demanded reading.
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Atmospherically, Cool Water is unforgettable. It captures a world of yard-lights and night owls (real ones), poplars and buffalo stones.
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It might be dreary, but the prose is animated with the skill of a writer who loves the people for their stubborn persistence. Small towns are the breeding grounds for characters like this, foibles and all.
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Author Information
10 Works 529 Members
Canadian Dianne Warren is an award winning playwright and fiction writer. Her plays include Club Chernobyl and Serpent in the Night Sky, which was nominated for a Governor General's Literary Award for Drama. Warren has also written The Wednesday Flower Man, a book of short stories and Bad Luck Dog, which won three Saskatchewan Book Awards, show more including Book of the Year. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Cool Water
- Alternate titles
- Juliet in August
- Original publication date
- 2010
- People/Characters
- Ivan Dodge; Frances Moon; Lee Torgeson; Henry Merchant; Vicki Dolson; Blaine Dolson (show all 17); Willard Shoenfeld; Karla Norman; Marian Shoenfeld; Hank Trass; Lynn Trass; Shiloh Dolson; Norval Birch; Lila Birch; Rachelle Birch; George Varga; Anna Varga
- Important places
- Juliet, Saskatchewan, Canada; Saskatchewan, Canada
- Dedication
- In memory of Harriet and Milford Taylor
- First words
- It was the end of Auguat, before the Perry Land and Cattle Company's fall gather, and the ranch cowboys had too much time on their hands.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The wind blows until dawn, releasing the past, howling at the boundaries of the present. The land forever changing shape. To the east, the pale pink of early morning.
- Blurbers
- Bergen, David; Butala, Sharon; Watson, Larry; Burnard, Bonnie; Stenson, Fred; Clark, Joan
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- 17
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- Rating
- (4.00)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
