Water witches
/ Chris Bohjalian
- 1st Scribner fiction ed.
- New York : Scribner , c1997.
- 340 p. ; 21 cm.
Set in the Vermont countryside, "Water Witches" is a tale of the clash between progress and tradition, science and magic. In the midst of a nightmarish New England drought, cynical ski industry lobbyist Scottie Winston is trying to get a large ski resort the permits it needs to tap already beleaguered rivers for snow. His wife, his little girl, and his sister-in-law -- dowsers or "water witches" all -- hope to stop him, however, in this gentle, comic, life-affirming novel.