The Secret of Snow – Tina Harnesk

This partly sad, partly very funny, partly informative and totally heartwarming story captured me and kept me reading. Máriddja:, a very elderly Sami woman who has a penchant for goats that caused her eccentricity to show early in her life has learned she has terminal cancer. Her husband Biera, also Sami is one of those … Continue reading The Secret of Snow – Tina Harnesk →

Bookish People — Susan Coll

.Fifty-four year old Sophie Bernstein (Mrs. Bernstein to us) owns an independent bookstore in Northern Virginia. She is struggling with her grief from her lawyer husband's sudden death. She finds herself being less and less involved with the day to day life of the bookstore that she usually micromanages. It doesn't feel fun anymore.. In … Continue reading Bookish People — Susan Coll →