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Perfection has a cost . . . With transporting prose and meticulous detail, set in an era that remains shockingly relevant today, Rae Meadows's Winterland tells a story of glory, loss, hope, and determination, and of finding light where none exists. Soviet Union, 1973: There is perhaps no greater honor for a young girl than to be chosen for the famed USSR gymnastics program. When eight-year-old Anya is selected, her family is thrilled. What is ...

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Perfection has a cost . . . Reminiscent of Maggie Shipstead's Astonish Me and Julia Phillips's Disappearing Earth, Winterland tells the story of a previous era, shockingly pertinent today, shaped by glory and loss and finding light where none exists.In the Soviet Union in 1973, there is perhaps no greater honor for a young girl than to be chosen to be part of the famed USSR gymnastics program. So when eight-year-old Anya is tapped, her family ...

A luminous, tenderly rendered novel of a woman fighting for her family's survival in the early years of the Dust Bowl, from the acclaimed and award-winning Rae Meadows.

From the calm of contemporary Wisconsin to the underbelly of early 20th-century New York, a haunting piece of America's past is revealed about abandoned children. Affecting and wonderfully woven, this generational novel illuminates the surprising sacrifices of love.

After Jane is dumped by her boyfriend, she quits her job in Manhattan, drives west, and lands in Salt Lake City, where she takes a job answering phones at a Mormon-frequented escort agency. As Jane struggles to find companionship and purpose in her new surroundings, she mothers the escorts and flirts with the callers. But the pull of mystery and danger is too great, and when boundaries begin to blur, she inches toward a place that would have o...

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