The Winter People is a tale told not just from multiple perspectives but also across time.
The story of Sara and her daughter Gertie takes place in 1908 while the story of Ruthie, her mom, and her sister, and newly widowed Katherine take place in the present. As the sections move back and forth in time they are on a collision course.
This is a ghost story and the story of a mother's love and loss. It is all at once creepy, mysterious, beautiful and heartbreaking.
It is also the story how sadness and grief can lead to desperate actions the repercussions of which can be long lasting even to the point of outliving us.
(Finished April 26, 2015)
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