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Don Engebretson
Making It Up As I Go Along
The Debut Novel from Award Winning Author
Don Engebretson • Guernica World Editions 2021 US/Canada/UK distribution • Order from your favorite indie bookstore or Barnes & Noble, Target, Kobo, or Amazon online.
American Russell Dean's meticulously crafted career has brought him awards, wealth, fame, an idyllic lifestyle and a beautiful wife.
But now his wife is divorcing him, he's surrounded by fools and Russell is in a tailspin. A golf vacation to a remote Ontario resort town is exactly what he needs to skate through a rare rough patch.
Or not. Mysterious natural forces far beyond his control and the eclectic characters he meets—including three skilled, powerful women and a mirthful Ojibwe fishing guide—have decidedly
different plans.
Welcome to the Canadian wilderness, Mr. Dean. Welcome to Kamini: Danger, Suspense, Mysticism, Romance and Live Bait.
BACK COVER REVIEWS:
Don has written a jewel of the north. His debut novel is utterly charming, with a pitch-perfect ear for the brisk wit and easy rhythms of a northern Ontario resort community. The entertaining characters are warm and welcoming, even while they're poking fun at you. This book, this place, is the soul-restoring vacation you need right now. Take it.
—Stephanie Wilbur Ash, author of The Annie Year
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Welcome to Kamini introduces Ojibwe fishing guide John Dogrib, along with bits of Ojbwe lore, language and humor. It was a pleasure helping Don get the details right and to know an author who took the time to ensure cultural accuracy while giving readers a window into a world beyond their own. Ingikendaan wii-minwendaman gaa-ozhibiiged. (I know you will like what he wrote.)
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—Margaret Noodin, Professor of English and American Indian Studies, University of Wisconsin
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Who wouldn't want to visit Kamini? In this delightful debut novel, Don Engebretson evokes the quiet peace of the sunrise over water or a musky trailing a lure with the best of them. Come for the engaging people and plot, stay for some of the best nature writing you'll read this year.
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—Carter Meland, White Earth Anishinaabe descendant and author of Stories for a Lost Child
