On Snow Island, a remote community off the New England coast, sixteen-year-old Alice Daggett struggles to come to terms with her father's death while managing the family store. George Tibbits, a loner in his forties and owner of the island's twin houses, returns each year in an act of homage to the women who raised him there. While George tries to make peace with his troubled past and Alice befriends the twenty-six-year-old who tends the island lighthouse, both characters learn the hard lesson of what it means to love. This tender tale about the power of place and memory plumbs the depths of two unique and uncharted lives. As the country is drawn into World War II, George and Alice find their fates shaped by events that occur far from the island home that defines them.
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Ms. Towler's book is a piece of classical music—haunting, heartbreaking, resplendent. Her scenes are so clear, you can taste the pie, smell the air, and feel the summer sun on the back of your neck. Her characters are so alive they make you want to jump into the pages to help them.
Katherine Towler completed an M.A. in writing at John Hopkins and an M.A. in English Literature at Middlebury College. She has been awarded fellowships to Yaddo, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, and the George Bennett Fellowship at Phillips Exeter Academy. A freelance writer, she also serves as an editor for the Mars Hill Review.
She lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with her husband. Snow Island is her first novel.
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