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A review by melwyk
A Hard Witching And Other Stories by Jacqueline Baker
4.0
This book consists of 8 stories all set in South Saskatchewan. They deal primarily with rural lives, and are concerned with family history, secrets and relationships. Baker has a Germanic family background, and many of these stories take the lives of German immigrant farmers as a starting point. I enjoyed them especially for their evocation of place.
Jacqueline Baker has a voice that is very like Saskatchewan; calm and definite, with much attention paid to the natural world. There is also humour, but it shows in amusement in the telling rather than a laugh-out-loud slapstick variety. I read this book straight through, and admired her ability to construct stories that feel as spacious as the landscape.
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Jacqueline Baker has a voice that is very like Saskatchewan; calm and definite, with much attention paid to the natural world. There is also humour, but it shows in amusement in the telling rather than a laugh-out-loud slapstick variety. I read this book straight through, and admired her ability to construct stories that feel as spacious as the landscape.
Full Review Here