A harrowing and emotional novel set in rural Wisconsin--A Winter's
Rime explores the impact of generational trauma, and one woman's
journey to find peace and healing from the violence of her past.
Mallory Moe is a twenty-five-year-old veteran Army mechanic, living with
her girlfriend, Andrea, and working overnights at a gas station store
while figuring out what's next. Andrea's off-grid cabin provides a
perfect sanctuary for Mallory, a synesthete with a hypersensitivity to
sound that can trigger flashbacks from her childhood.
The getaway that's largely abandoned during the off season starts out
idyllic, until Andrea's once-loving behavior turns controlling and
abusive, and Mallory once again finds herself not wanting to go home.
After a particularly disturbing altercation, Mallory escapes into the
subzero night and stumbles into Shay, a teenage girl, injured and asking
for help. But it isn't long before she realizes that Shay isn't the only
one who needs saving.
A story about sisterhood and second chances, A Winter's Rime looks to
nature to find what it can teach us about bearing hardship and expanding
our capacity to forgive--not just others, but ourselves.
