The Winters in Bloom
A Novel
1st Edition
Published on 13. September 2011
288 pages
978-1-4165-7575-7 (ISBN)
Description
A gripping and deeply moving novel about love, loss, and the secrets that bind a family together?from bestselling author Lisa Tucker.
Every marriage has three stories: the husband's, the wife's?and the one they create together.
Everyone who knows Kyra and David Winter considers them overprotective parents, but the Winters have good reasons for fearing the worst. When the best thing about their lives?their beloved son, Michael?disappears from his own backyard one perfectly average summer day, the question is, whose past has finally caught up with them?
In the search for young Michael, Kyra, and David will be forced to reveal secrets about themselves they've always kept hidden, but they will also discover that it's not too late to have the sort of family they've always dreamed of. Lyrical and wise, Lisa Tucker's enchanting, life-affirming novel will surprise readers and leave them full of wonder at the stubborn strength of the human heart.
Every marriage has three stories: the husband's, the wife's?and the one they create together.
Everyone who knows Kyra and David Winter considers them overprotective parents, but the Winters have good reasons for fearing the worst. When the best thing about their lives?their beloved son, Michael?disappears from his own backyard one perfectly average summer day, the question is, whose past has finally caught up with them?
In the search for young Michael, Kyra, and David will be forced to reveal secrets about themselves they've always kept hidden, but they will also discover that it's not too late to have the sort of family they've always dreamed of. Lyrical and wise, Lisa Tucker's enchanting, life-affirming novel will surprise readers and leave them full of wonder at the stubborn strength of the human heart.
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Lisa Tucker is the bestselling author of The Promised World, The Cure for Modern Life, Once Upon a Day, Shout Down the Moon, and The Song Reader. Her short work has appeared in Seventeen, Pages, and The Oxford American. She lives in Pennsylvania with her family.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- PART ONE
- ONE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- ELEVEN
- PART TWO
- TWELVE
- THIRTEEN
- FOURTEEN
- FIFTEEN
- SIXTEEN
- SEVENTEEN
- EIGHTEEN
- NINETEEN
- TWENTY
- TWENTY-ONE
- PART THREE
- TWENTY-TWO
- TWENTY-THREE
- TWENTY-FOUR
- TWENTY-FIVE
- TWENTY-SIX
- TWENTY-SEVEN
- TWENTY-EIGHT
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 'The Winters in Bloom' Teaser
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- 'The Promised World' Teaser
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- 'The Cure for Modern Life' Teaser
- Chapter One
- 'Once Upon a Day' Teaser
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- 'Shout Down the Moon' Teaser
- Chapter One
- 'The Song Reader' Teaser
- Chapter One
- Reviews
- About the Author
