Gabby Mackenzie knows little and cares less about prairie people or their history. She sees her assignment to interview a hundred-year-old settler as nothing more than a bump in her hazy career path.
But as she gets to know old Mr. Tollerud and the land that has been his home, she finds herself drawn into the interwoven stories of the settlers, the Metis, and the First Nations who came before them. And her own life changes.
Review: Residential school survivor and life-long educator Dr. Cecil King says of Prairie Grass “a dynamic piece of work … Yes, it is a good read.”
Prairie Grass is available on Amazon and
Kobo, paper copy or digital form, as well as in several Saskatchewan
bookstores. I can also be found on
Goodreads and 49th Shelf and BWL Publishing author page.
My Facebook page called Looking for Aiktow (the title of my nonfiction regional history) carries blogs, comments, current activities and interests. I will post information there about upcoming Zoom readings or YouTube events.
Unfortunately, I let my WIX website lapse and haven’t decided on a new format. Suggestions, anyone?
7) Who are your favourite authors?
My perennial favourites are Jane Austen and JRR Tolkein and C.S. Lewis. But I also enjoy a good murder mystery or detective story, a long-winded and complicated classic novel, poetry, and modern masters of historical fiction.
What about a book you’ve enjoyed?
Currently I am enjoying the historical fiction of Ken Follett who has a written marvelous series set in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England. Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, A Column of Fire. Only through fiction like this can we get a sense of how individuals can build or tear down a civilization.
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