Winter Cottage Brink Carol Ryrie
Immerse Yourself in This Story of Love and Companionship Amidst DeprivationIt is the fall of 1930, and America has plunged into the Great Depression. On a remote dirt road deep in the snowy woods of…
Specifikacia Winter Cottage Brink Carol Ryrie
Immerse Yourself in This Story of Love and Companionship Amidst DeprivationIt is the fall of 1930, and America has plunged into the Great Depression. On a remote dirt road deep in the snowy woods of northern Wisconsin, misfortune forces the impoverished Sparkes family to take desperate measures.A wayfaring quartet consisting of thirteen-year-old Araminta (nicknamed Minty), her recently unemployed father-a poetry-quoting widower called Pops-and her younger sister, Eglantine (known as Eggs-a dreamer like Pops), and their dog, Buster, are on their way to Minneapolis to live with the curmudgeonly Aunt Amy. When their car breaks down and they are unable to fix it, the homeless four stumble upon a vacant summer cottage by a lake. In desperate straits, they decide to settle in and stay for the winter, optimistically rationalizing that they'll pay "rent" to the unknown owners when