Anne of Oasis

<p><strong>The character of Anne is so well drawn that by the end of the book she feels like a friend or someone you know and are rooting for. The depiction of therapy is fascinating — it's obvious that Sharon Baltman knows of what she speaks.</strong></p><p><strong>Maureen Jennings</strong> author of the Murdoch Mysteries</p><p> </p><p>An eccentric seventy-year-old is obsessed with changing her life — or ending it. She bumbles through mysterious rituals with a talk-therapist explodes secrets re-jigs behaviours and embraces bliss in the arms of a woman who was right in front of her for fifty years.</p><p> </p><p><em>A wry empathetic portrait of a character's unsparing trek to the heart of the matter in matters of the heart.</em> <strong>Ted Staunton</strong> author of <em>Who I'm Not</em> and <em>Jump Cut</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Anne is authentic cranky and funny. Baltman does a great job of preventing the therapist from overwhelming the story yet shows her value. The end of the beautiful tale gave me chills.</em></p><p><strong>Sharon Gernon</strong> retired psychotherapist</p>