The Life of Vanora Brice Time seems simultaneously to march unflinchingly forward and stand still all at once for the Brice family. The Life of Vanora Brice offers up a fantastical tale of history and fantasy, told over generations. The Life of Vanora Brice is the first of a three-book series by author Gordon Rice. Set in the 1800s, the book kicks off a multi-generational family saga of the Brice family from the early genocide of the Yaqui Indians to the Mexican Revolution, the oil expropriation in Mexico through to modern days in a riveting tale that seems to bend and warp time. Rice infuses his prose with elegant imagery, painting a vivid portrait of the 17th century through to the present. Enthralling and easy to read, The Life of Vanora Brice is fraught with raw emotion, made all the more potent when juxtaposed with real, historical elements.