The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon FIC McM

  

This one was a bit out of the reality box  - and that is why I found it intriguing.  There are three intertwined stories.  The first one is the diary of Sara Harrison.  She was found dead in a field months after the tragic death of her daughter Gertie.  This was in 1908 in West Hall, Vermont.
Second is the part of the story which tells of Ruthie Washburne's odd life.  She lives with Alice, her mother, and Fawn, her younger sister.  Ruthie wants to get out of West Hall when she can.  Alice has kept her children in an electronics-free home - but Ruthie knows what is out there and she wants to experience it.  When Alice seemingly disappears one day the girls go looking for clues in their house - and uncover a copy of the diary belonging to Sara Harrison.

Katherine was happily married to a wonderful guy named Gary.  Life wasn't perfect though.  Their 6 year old son had died from leukemia two years before.  They were getting through the best they could - and then the unthinkable happened.  Gary is killed in a car accident.  When Katherine tries to find out what Gary was doing on that road she ends up - where else?  in West Hall, Vermont.

I enjoyed the way the parts were intertwined.  It is a story about the bonds of love.  How far would someone go to connect with the one they had loved and lost?