The Winters in Bloom: A Novel - Softcover

"The author cleverly imparts life lessons through the tale of one family." --"RT Book Reviews" "Few contemporary novelists come close to understanding families in trouble with the insight and compassion of Lisa Tucker." --Pat Conroy, "New York Times "bestselling author of "South of Broad "and "Beach Music " "In "The Winters in Bloom "the ties that bind are expertly knotted. With many twists, secrets, and unexpected turns, Lisa Tucker proves that sometimes these ties are wholly unbreakable. They can survive time, loss, longing--even our greatest fears--and they endure because love endures." --Julianna Baggott, author of "Girl Talk " "Lisa Tucker weaves together multiple perspectives to give us a novel rife with human entanglements of every variety . . . Most moving is the story of Kyra and David as they face the struggles every parent will recognize: how to take care of someone in a world as dangerous as it is beautiful; how to choose--daily, deliberately--joy over fear." --Marisa de los Santos, "New York Times "bestselling author of "Belong to Me " "Brilliant, tender, and riveting. Reading "The Winters in Bloom "is like falling into some beguiling dream, one you don't want to wake from. Lisa Tucker has not described a world; she has created one unlike any you've never seen. She has breathed life into her characters, and they will breathe life into you." --John Dufresne, author of "Requiem, Mass." "Fast-paced page-turner." --"Library Journal"

Every marriage has three stories: the husband's, the wife's-and the one they create together. 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 over-protective 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.