Mountain Time

I enjoyed this book tremendously. I was a first a bit disappointed, as I love Doig's historical novels set in this part of the world, but this contemporary look at the environmental damages made to even the remotest mountains and the battles to correct that damage was interesting, and mirrored my ow......more

Ivan Doig is a regional novelist in the most salutary meaning of the label. That is to say, his comfortable understanding of the region he writes about is the key to the success of his novels. Doig now writes out of Seattle, but this story (with Seattle as a background prop) is set in the Rocky Moun......more

I think the last of the Mccaskills, involving the youngest girl Lexa and her sister Mariah from Ride With Me, Mariah Montana. I very much enjoy nearly all of Ivan’s books, thus was probably one of my least faves. Storyline not as interesting as most, although I liked the characters. Even the pivotal......more

Three characters from Montana transplanted to Seattle are brought back by the endgame for a cranky father. Two of them are McCaskill sisters, one of whom, Mariah, we're thoroughly familiar with. All three good people, but stretched by circumstance beautifully managed by the author. There's several d......more

Couldn't get through this one. I've read other books by Ivan Doug and loved them. I. bhaidid not lime his writing style in this one.......more