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From The New York Times bestselling author of Prayers for Sale comes the moving and powerful story of a small town after a devastating avalanche, and the life changing effects it has on the people who live there Whiter Than Snow opens in 1920, on a spring afternoon in Swandyke, a small... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Lucy Patch: born and raised in Swandyke, is close to her sister Dolly, goes to college
- Grace Foote: nee Skylar, debutant, family is in debt and must marry for money
- Joe Cobb: only black man in Swandyke, was raised to fear the white man
- Billy Boy: Minder's friend during the war
- Essie: nee Esther Schnable, hooker and seamstress, jewish
- Rachel: Essie's sister
- George: Grace's suitor
- Sophie Schnable: Essie's daughter
- Max: Essie's ex
- Emmett: Minder's grandson
- Dolly Patch: nee Helen - Lucy's sister, known for her looks, has ambition to marry for better
- Jane Cobb: Joe and Orange's daughter
- Kate: Billy Boy's sister and writes letter to Minder
- Martha: Essie's "friend" and Sophie's guardian
- Jim Foote: manager of 4th of July mine, married to Grace
- Ted Turpin: college boy Lucy meets while away from Swandyke
- Gus Patch: Lucy and Dolly's father
- Aunt Alice: Gus's older sister, Lucy stays at Aunt Alice's while at college
- Mittie Mccauley: widowed (husband was in war); houses the Cobbs
- Emma: Add a description of this character.
- Jack Turpin: Dolly and Ted's eldest
- Rosemary Bibb: Lucy and Henry's daughter
- Minder: fought in the civil war, was a manager for the 4th of July mine
- Henry Bibb: Works at the mine, is married to Lucy
- Little Willie
- Charlie Bibb: Lucy and Henry's son
- Nancy
- Carrie: Dolly and Ted's middle child
- Benjamin: Rachel's husband
- Skylar: Jim and Grace's son
- Evelyn
Setting & Locations edit
- Denver
- Charlotte
- Colorado
- Saginaw
- Iowa
- Mississippi
- Swan River
- New York
- Pines
- Chicago
- Fort Madison
- Swandyke
First Sentence edit
No one knew what triggered the Swandyke avalanche that began at exactly 4:10 P.M. on April 20, 1920.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sandra Dallas (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin"s Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 0312600151
Page Count: 304
Publisher: St. Martin"s Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 0312600151
Page Count: 304
Awards edit
- Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Awards (Finalist, 2010: Best Historical Fiction)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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