The Diviner's Tale by Bradford Morrow was recently featured on BookPage's homepage and then reviewed in its February issue. I enjoy the reviews in BookPage, but month to month it's really hit or miss as far as finding books in the reviews that I'm actually interested in reading. Before I read this one I looked up Morrow's other books to see if he might have other titles I'd be interested in reading in case I liked The Diviner's Tale . Unfortunately his other titles' subjects/plots don't really interest me so I may have to wait to see his next one to read another of his books. Beautifully and lyrically written the tale this novel tells is an unusual one of a modern day diviner. A diviner or a dowser is a person who uses a rod to guide them in locating water on people's land. It is a supernatural, mysterious, and dying art that until recently admitted only men to its fraternity. Cassandra is the fifth generation and first female dowser in...
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