Cold Country is a sparkling debut novel telling the story of two young women who are thrown back together to survive an Alaskan winter and the wreckage of a friendship.
ï, Debut novel from a new writer equally at home and equally ill at ease in England and the USA.
ï, Gerri Brightwell's first novel shines a clear northern light on the formation of deep friendship.
Before Fleur's desperate phone call, Sandra was all set to move south to escape her family, her ex-boyfriend and the wet Seattle weather. But now Fleur has broken her arm and needs a ride home immediately - no questions asked. Tricked into agreeing, Sandra reluctantly sets out on the trip. Fleur is sullen and withdrawn, not like her breezy old self at all. Perhaps the answer to her odd behavior will come from her family in Fairbanks. But from Fleur's sly brother Ryan, to her watchful sister Miriam, the Cold Country seems to have bred a family of misfits, full of guilt and guilty secrets just waiting to be revealed. As the Fairbanks winter closes in around them all, Sandra discovers that her journey has only just begun.
Genre: Thriller
ï, Debut novel from a new writer equally at home and equally ill at ease in England and the USA.
ï, Gerri Brightwell's first novel shines a clear northern light on the formation of deep friendship.
Before Fleur's desperate phone call, Sandra was all set to move south to escape her family, her ex-boyfriend and the wet Seattle weather. But now Fleur has broken her arm and needs a ride home immediately - no questions asked. Tricked into agreeing, Sandra reluctantly sets out on the trip. Fleur is sullen and withdrawn, not like her breezy old self at all. Perhaps the answer to her odd behavior will come from her family in Fairbanks. But from Fleur's sly brother Ryan, to her watchful sister Miriam, the Cold Country seems to have bred a family of misfits, full of guilt and guilty secrets just waiting to be revealed. As the Fairbanks winter closes in around them all, Sandra discovers that her journey has only just begun.
Genre: Thriller
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