Stella early onset and the skipper of a

and the skipper of a local vessel dove into the cold

Katie Bickell’s debut novel is told in a series of stories that span the years from 1990 to 2016

you'll meet a group of entrepreneurs unbound by traditional liquor-making rules who are creating vodkas

" —The Superstitious Times

British Columbia in 1847 as a young man in the Royal Navy

Stella early onset and the skipper of aA wealthy madam who was known from San Francisco to Victoria in the early part of the 20th century, Stella Carroll was glamorous, worldly and determined to succeed. Her bordellos were fashionably decorated and patronized by the affluent and the powerful; she offered the best of everythingfine food and wine, cigars, entertainment and, of course, girls. The author, with the cooperation of Stellas family in California and New Mexico, has provided an