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Whiter Than Snow - Sandra Dallas
Whiter Than Snow
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Prayers for Sale comes a powerful novel about the intersection of redemption, forgiveness, and love. . . .On a spring afternoon in 1920, Swandyke—a small town near Colorado’s Tenmile Range—is changed forever. Just moments after four o’clock, a large... show more
From the New York Times bestselling author of Prayers for Sale comes a powerful novel about the intersection of redemption, forgiveness, and love. . . .On a spring afternoon in 1920, Swandyke—a small town near Colorado’s Tenmile Range—is changed forever. 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.Meet the residents whose lives this tragedy touches: Lucy and Dolly Patch, two sisters long estranged by a shocking betrayal. Joe Cobb, Swandyke’s only black resident, whose love for his daughter forces him to flee Alabama. Then there’s Grace Foote, who hides secrets and scandal that belie her genteel façade. And Minder Evans, a Civil War veteran who considers cowardice his greatest sin. 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.  Fate, chance, and perhaps divine providence all collide in the everyday lives of these people. And ultimately, no one is without sin, no one’s soul is whiter than snow, and no one is without the need for forgiveness. A quintessential American voice and a writer of exquisite historical detail, Sandra Dallas illuminates the resilience of the human spirit in her newest novel.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780312663162 (0312663161)
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
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Sailing in a Sea of Words
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Book: Whiter Than Snow Author: Sandra Dallas Genre: Fiction/Tragedy/Romance/Unity/Small Town Story Summary (from flap of St. Martin’s Press edition): On a spring afternoon in 1920, Swandyke-a small town near Colorado’s Tenmile Range-is changed forever. Just moments after four o'clock, a large ...
Hello Book, So Long Sleep...
Hello Book, So Long Sleep... rated it
2.5 Whiter Than Snow by Sandra Dallas
Very fast read. Once you start meeting the characters and your seeing their back stories it's hard to put down. It also helps that this book isn't over 400 pages like most books I've been reading lately. So right in the beginning you know a tragedy happens. An avalanche that sweeps up some of the li...
Listening to the Silence
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3.0 Whiter Than Snow
Swandyke is a mining town high in the Rocky Mountains overlooking Denver in the early part of the twentieth century. It is a small town, dominated by the Fourth of July mine and inhabited by people just as every bit as dirty and poor as the town itself . There are the estranged Patch sisters, Lucy...
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3.0 Whiter Than Snow
Sandra Dallas is one of those writers who appeals to both readers who read to escape and readers who read thoughtfully. Whiter Than Snow is the story of the families of a group of children caught in an avalanche. The reader knows from the very beginning that most of the children will die, but one of...
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