West Wind, North Chatter

Pouring all your savings into opening the first internet café in Grande Prairie may seem like a risky venture, but to Emily Reeves it is the perfect way to start anew. Emily’s life is in turmoil. Devastated by a miscarriage and the failure of her marriage, she follows her dream of opening the hip coffee shop Bean There, a place where &quottransplants" like her, living in the oil-rig town, can find community.

Deanna Kent<&#45>McDonald is a mother, a teacher, and a writer who believes that the true joy of life sleeps quietly in the everyday experiences we share, and that if we listen we will be led to the stories we are meant to hear. Born in Edmonton, Alberta she has lived in the Albertan cities of Calgary, Cochrane, and St. Albert, as well as in Kelowna, British Columbia. She now resides in Grande Prairie, Alberta. West Wind, North Chatter is her first novel and will be part of NeWest<&#146>s Nunatak First Fiction Series.