The Winemaker's Daughter
Written by Timothy Egan
Narrated by Cassandra Campbell
3/5
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About this audiobook
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times national correspondent Timothy Egan turns to fiction with The Winemaker's Daughter, a lyrical and gripping novel about the harsh realities and ecological challenges of turning water into wine.
When Brunella Cartolano visits her father on the family vineyard in the basin of the Cascade Mountains, she's shocked by the devastation caused by a four-year drought. Passionate about the Pacific Northwest ecology, Brunella, a cultural impact analyst, is embroiled in a battle to save the Seattle waterfront from redevelopment and to preserve a fisherman's livelihood. But when a tragedy among fire-jumpers results from a failure of the water supply—her brother Niccolo is among those lost—Brunella finds herself with another mission: to find out who is sabotaging the area's water supply. Joining forces with a Native American Forest Ranger, she discovers deep rifts rooted in the region's complicated history, and tries to save her father's vineyard from drying up for good...even as violence and corruption erupt around her.
Timothy Egan
TIMOTHY EGAN is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter and the author of eight other books, most recently The Immortal Irishman, a New York Times bestseller. His book on the Dust Bowl, The Worst Hard Time, won a National Book Award for nonfiction. His account of photographer Edward Curtis, Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher, won the Carnegie Medal for nonfiction. He writes a biweekly opinion column for the New York Times.
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Reviews for The Winemaker's Daughter
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A meandering story of the conflicts over water use, tribal rights, wildfire and family tradition that takes place in the inland northwest. While I appreciate that Egan has tackled a region and issues that are not typically written about, his handling of these issues is stereotypical, clumsy and erroneous throughout much of this novel.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Northwest scenery and the many references to wine and food save this rambling, overloaded novel. There are many tangential distractions and all the loose ends are too neatly wrapped in this family saga.