Manitoba author Sharron Arksey was on tour this week in southern Manitoba promoting her new book.

The Waiting Place is about a young farm wife giving birth to her first child.

Arskey has spent most of her life living on a farm and says that many of her experiences are represented in the novel.

She notes readers have really connected with the book, which stemmed from a collection of short stories.

"People who have life experiences similar to mine say that I'm writing about their life or I got it accurately...I'm also have had a few people who don't have any similar experiences who are saying, 'oh, I never knew it was like that'."

Arksey was born and raised in Langruth, Manitoba.