The Winemaker's Daughter

Timothy Eagen is a local author of non-fiction; this was his first fiction novel. The story is set in Eastern WA. wine country (coulee country) and in Seattle, which makes it easy to visualize the settings. It is a compelling story, with lots of drama, some intrigue, well-developed characters and a......more

I was fairly disappointed in this book. I used to love anything Tim Egan wrote. This book felt like he was trying overly hard to be Barbara Kingsolver but not doing a very good job. Barbara Kingsolver should have written this book - she would have written the same environmentally and reality-based s......more

A wine with a view If you know the Pacific Northwest you will immediately recognize and appreciate the descriptions of the land and city. They are the best part of the book. The end is not -- predictable and trite. In between, the characters are hard to believe, in particular the women act like men (......more

This story is wrapped up in the smell of the Yakima Valley where I grew up and the "Coast" as we called it. It is a wonderful story with sun and wine and longing and family. Worth reading.......more

Having grown fond of the writings of Timothy Egan, I read his 2004 novel, The Winemaker’s Daughter, set in Eastern Washington, a landscape familiar to the author. The story shows how “water, the base nutrient of this miracle [of winemaking in the high desert above the Columbia River], would be to th......more