A Place Called Winter (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781455594085)

"Patrick Gale has written a book which manages to be both tender and epic, and carries the unmistakable tang of a true story. I loved it." -- Jojo Moyes

A privileged elder son, and stammeringly shy, Harry Cane has followed convention at every step. Even the beginnings of an illicit, dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted existence - until the shock of discovery and the threat of arrest cost him everything.

Forced to abandon his wife and child, Harry signs up for emigration to the newly colonised Canadian prairies. Remote and unforgiving, his allotted homestead in a place called Winter is a world away from the golden suburbs of turn-of-the-century Edwardian England. And yet it is here, isolated in a seemingly harsh landscape, under the threat of war, madness and an evil man of undeniable magnetism that the fight for survival will reveal in Harry an inner strength and capacity for love beyond anything he has ever known before.

In this exquisite journey of self-discovery, loosely based on a real life family mystery, Patrick Gale has created an epic, intimate human drama, both brutal and breathtaking. This is a novel of secrets, sexuality and, ultimately, of great love.

Author: Patrick Gale
ISBN-10: 1455594083
ISBN-13: 9781455594085
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Language: English
Published: 03/22/2016
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.10d
Award: Costa Book Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Booklist 03/01/2016 pg. 42