In the Bleak Midwinter
Book description
It's a cold, snowy December in the upstate New York town of Millers Kill, and newly-ordained Clare Fergusson is on thin ice as the first female priest of its small Episcopal church. The ancient regime running the parish covertly demands that she prove herself as a leader. Her blunt manner,…
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The book starts with the discovery of an abandoned baby on the steps of a church on a frigid winter's night. The priest who finds the baby is a newcomer to town and quickly finds herself embroiled in the quest to find the baby's mother and father.
The characters in this novel are exceptionally well-developed. Not only do the main characters feel as real as though they stepped right from the pages, but the minor characters do, too.
The setting is raw and fierce—upstate New York in the wintertime. The reader can feel the wind, the snow, and the biting…
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