Kristin Hannah

Winter Garden Kristin Hannah

Publisher Marketing: Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family business; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, these two estranged sisters will find themselves together again, standing alongside their disapproving mother, Anya, who even now offers no comfort to her daughters. On his deathbed, their father extracts a promise: Anya will tell her daughters a story; it is one she began years ago and never finished. This time she will tell it all the way to the end. The tale their mother tells them is unlike anything they ve heard before a captivating, mysterious love story that spans more than sixty years and moves from frozen, war-torn Leningrad to modern-day Alaska. Nina s obsession to uncover the truth will send them all on an unexpected journey into their mother s past, where they will discover a secret so shocking, it shakes the foundation of their family and changes who they believe they are. Mesmerizing from beginning to end, Winter Garden is that rarest of novels at once an epic love story and an intimate portrait of women poised at the crossroads of their lives. Evocative, lyrically written, and ultimately uplifting, it will haunt the listener long after the last word is spoken." Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/05/2009 pg. 31 (EAN 9780312364120, Hardcover) Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/15/2009 pg. 656 (EAN 9780312364120, Hardcover) Booklist 11/01/2009 pg. 6 (EAN 9780312364120, Hardcover) Library Journal 11/01/2009 pg. 56 (EAN 9780312364120, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2009 (EAN 9780312364120, Hardcover) Romantic Times 02/01/2010 pg. 54 (EAN 9780312364120, Hardcover) People Weekly 03/01/2010 pg. 52 (EAN 9780312364120, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2011 pg. 39 (EAN 9780312364120, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 395 (EAN 9780312364120, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Hannah, Kristin Kristin Hannah is the "New York Times" bestselling author of novels including "Night Road", "Firefly Lane", "True Colors" and "Winter Garden". She was born in Southern California and moved to Western Washington when she was eight. A former lawyer, Hannah started writing when she was pregnant and on bed rest for five months. Writing soon became an obsession, and she has been at it ever since. She is the mother of one son and lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii. Contributor Bio:  Ericksen, Susan Susan Ericksen, an Audie Award and "AudioFile" Earphones Award winner, has recorded many audiobooks, including "Naked in Death" by J. D. Robb.