Historical Fiction

Winter Garden

Kristin Hannah

From internationally bestselling author Kristin Hannah comes a captivating and deeply moving novel about family secrets, enduring love, and the extraordinary strength of women. Meredith and Nina Whitson are two very different sisters who have spent their lives struggling to understand their distant and emotionally reserved mother, Anya. When their beloved father falls seriously ill, he makes one final request: that Anya tell her daughters the mysterious Russian fairy tale she began sharing with them during their childhood. As the story unfolds, the sisters discover that it is far more than a fairy tale. It is a heartbreaking account of love, loss, sacrifice, and survival set against the devastating backdrop of war-torn Leningrad. Their mother's hidden past will take them on an unexpected journey, transforming everything they thought they knew about their family and themselves. A beautifully written novel about the bonds between mothers and daughters, the secrets that shape generations, and the healing power of understanding.