Winter Garden - Audio CD - Abridged Author:Kristin Hannah, Susan Ericksen (Narrator) Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family business; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, these two estranged sisters will find themselves together again, standing alongside t... more »heir disapproving mother, Anya, who even now offers no comfort to her daughters.
On his deathbed, their father extracts a promise: Anya will tell her daughters a story; it is one she began years ago and never finished. This time she will tell it all the way to the end. The tale their mother tells them is unlike anything they've heard before -- a captivating, mysterious love story that spans more than sixty years and moves from frozen, war-torn Leningrad to modern-day Alaska. Nina's obsession to uncover the truth will send them all on an unexpected journey into their mother's past, where they will discover a secret so shocking, it shakes the foundation of their family and changes who they believe they are.
Mesmerizing from beginning to end, Winter Garden is that rarest of novels -- at once an epic love story and an intimate portrait of women poised at the crossroads of their lives. Evocative, lyrically written, and ultimately uplifting, it will haunt the listener long after the last word is spoken.
My favorite Kristin Hannah book yet! I love how the story unfolds as well as the fact that it gives you a little history lesson. It left me with a feeling of how lucky I am!!
This was a great audio once I got into it. Although slow to develop, it was a very touching story of family, loss and love. Since this was the abridged version, I have no idea what I have missed in the book and will need to order it just for that reason... Keep going- the story builds and gets better and better