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Book SynopsisFrom the Number One bestselling author of The Four Winds and The Nightingale. Kristin Hannah's Winter Garden is a haunting and compelling novel illuminating the intricacy of mother-daughter bonds and the enduring links between past and present.
‘A tearjerker . . . a journey as lovely and haunting as a snow filled winter’s night’ – People
Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her family and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and travelled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But these two estranged women come together at their father’s deathbed standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, to hear the one last promise he extracts from the women in his life.
It begins with a story like no other. A captivating, mysterious love story that spans sixty-five years and moves from war torn Leningrad in the 1940s to modern-day Alaska. The three women are brought together by a story so unexpected and extraordinary that when Meredith and Nina finally learn the secret of their mother’s past and uncover a truth so terrible, it will shake the very foundation of the family and who they think they are.
Trade ReviewIt’s a tear-jerker, but the journey is as lovely – and haunting – as a snow filled winter’s night * People *
A gripping read * Booklist *
Readers will find it hard not to laugh a little and cry a little more as mother and daughters reach out to each other just in the nick of time * Publishers Weekly *
This tear-jerker weaves a convincing historical novel and contemporary family drama * Library Journal *
Winter Garden is Kristin Hannah’s best written and most deeply affecting novel yet * The Huffington Post *
A master storyteller -- Delia Owens, Author of
Where the Crawdads SingCompelling. Moving. -- Karen Swan, Author of
The Last Summer
