The Heart of Winter

The Heart of WinterThe extraordinary new novel by Jonathan Evison, about a married couple in their golden years, from when they met across big ups, deep downs, and survive it all, opposites attract love Abe Winter and Ruth Warneke were never meant to be togetherat least if you ask Ruth. Yet their catastrophic blind date in college evolved into a seventy year marriage and a life on a farm on Bainbridge Island with their hens and beloved Labrador, Megs. Through the years,

ingeniously original modern-day mystery

Kirkus Reviews

trauma passed down through generations—she reminds us of how the cultural narratives of her ancestors have been excluded from the central mythologies and structures of the “melting pot” of America

working as a guiding metaphor for withering

The family of an Osage woman

and was at the same time laugh-out-loud funny and utterly absorbing

And when Anthony’s lips touch hers

as Gabby’s beloved parents would confirm if they were still alive

In the tradition of modern fairy tales like Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver comes an immersive fantasy saga

But what happens when these childhood enemies find the only thing they can rely on is each other

there isn’t much a girl wouldn’t do for a glass of water

not the usual suspects