J. Fife

Desert Fountainhead

Fiction

“Friedl, who has hiked many miles near the border, has written a novel with the ‘smell’ of authenticity. The characters come alive and their struggles resonate. A valley named Paradise becomes a cauldron of competing ambitions because of the scarcity of water. A migrant brings a vision of hope and a loner from the North finds purpose as redemption is snatched from tragedy.”