From the New York Times-bestselling author of Prayers for Sale comes the moving and powerful story of a small town after a devastating avalanche, and the life-changing effects it has on the people who live there.
A quintessential American voice and a writer of exquisite historical detail, Sandra Dallas illuminates the resilience of the human spirit in her newest novel..
And ultimately, no one is without sin, no one\'s soul is Whiter Than snow, and no one is without the need for forgiveness.
Fate, chance, and perhaps divine providence all collide in the everyday lives of these people.
Finally, there\'s Essie Snowball, born Esther Schnable to conservative Jewish parents, who now works as a prostitute and hides her child\'s parentage from the world.
And Minder Evans, a Civil War veteran who considers cowardice his greatest sin.
Then there\'s Grace Foote, who hides secrets and scandal that belie her genteel façade.
Joe Cobb, Swandyke\'s only black resident, whose love for his daughter forces him to flee Alabama.
Meet the residents whose lives this tragedy touches: Lucy and Dolly Patch, two sisters long estranged by a shocking betrayal.
Just moments after four o\'clock, a large split of Snow separates from Jubilee Mountain high above the tiny hamlet and hurtles down the rocky slope, enveloping everything in its path.
On a spring afternoon in 1920, Swandyke--a small town near Colorado\'s Tenmile Range--is changed forever. . . .
From the New York Times bestselling author of Prayers for Sale comes a powerful novel about the intersection of redemption, forgiveness, and love.
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Prayers for Sale comes the moving and powerful story of a small town after a devastating avalanche, and the life-changing effects it has on the people who live there