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Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much is now available from these retailers.

 

In her new memoir, Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much, Natalie MacLean writes about resurrecting her life and career in the glamourous but sexist wine industry. It’s recently hit #1 on several bestseller lists. Natalie grew up in Nova Scotia and joins us now to chat about her book.

Welcome Natalie.

What is the book about?

How did you come up with the title?

Why write this book?

Throughout your memoir, you describe the slick marketing that encourages women to drink too much. Can you elaborate on this?

Although this isn’t a self-help book, you do share tips on how you moderated your own alcohol consumption. Share a few of those with us please.

While this book deals with serious issues, there’s lots of humour. How do you strike a balance between the two?

What do you expect readers to take away from this book?

You have a wine guide for book clubs, wine groups and individual readers of your memoir. What’s in it?

Where can we get the book?

You have a book launch this evening in town. Tell us about it.

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