Julie Copp brings the story of pre-Columbian aboriginals to life. Her books are part history, part romance and all entertainment. She has chosen to weave her tales like the smoke of her character's firepits through the generations of a Venezuelan beauty's family. Anani, a woman born in 600 A.D. has many of Julie's own artistic talents including the love of stone carving and painting. And yet this author strives to reinforce through her stories the importance of family, belief in consequences of choices and the deep, enduring love of man and woman. All this against the backdrop of the sea and t...