The Weight of Winter
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks
- Initial publish date
- May 2014
- Category
- Family Life
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781402294877
- Publish Date
- May 2014
- List Price
- $17.99
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Description
Travel back to Mattagash to meet new friends and get reacquainted with familiar faces who are older (but not wiser) As the first flakes of a hard winter fall in Mattagash, a now-single Amy Joy Lawler is trying to persuade her elderly mother Sicily to move into a nursing home. Davey Craft is bracing himself for another blow to his tottering company. Lynn Gifford is trying to protect her children from their abusive father, and the gossips are keeping their collective eye on everybody's business. Meanwhile, the lyrical voice of 107-year-old Mathilda Fennelson weaves it all together in a stunning genealogical chronicle of nostalgia, lost dreams, and found meaning.
About the author
A novelist and songwriter, Cathie Pelletiere has published under her own name and the pen name K.C. McKinnon. She is the author of one book of poetry and eleven novels, one of which, Candles on Bay Street was made into a motion picture. Her songs have been recorded by David Byrne, the Texas Tornadoes, and the Glaser Brothers.