Journeying across
the Arctic, their pasts are about to catch up with them.
Erica, Molly and Noah are embarking on the challenge of a lifetime,
driving Siberian huskies across the frozen wilderness of the Arctic. Cut off
from the world and their loved ones and thrown together under gruelling
conditions, it isn’t long before the cracks start to show.
Erica has it all. A
loving husband, a successful career and the most adorable baby daughter. But
Erica has been living a double life, and as she nears her fortieth birthday her
lies threaten to come crashing down.
Molly was on her way to stardom. But when her
brother died, so did her dreams of becoming an Olympic champion. Consumed
by rage and grief, she has shut out everyone around her, but now she’s about to
learn that comfort can come from the most unexpected places.
Noah has a darkness inside him and is
hounded by nightmares from his past. Tortured, trapped and struggling to save
his fractured relationship, he knows this journey is not going to help, but try
telling his girlfriend that.
As their lives and lies become ever more entwined, it becomes clear that
in the frozen wilds there is nowhere to hide.
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My Thoughts:
I am delighted to be able to review Ours is the Winter today. Laurie Ellingham has been a guest on my blog before and you can read her post about her journey to publication here.
I was initially drawn in to this book by that gorgeous cover and the setting of the story. The setting is Alaska and the author managed to draw me in with her evocative description of the landscape, of the cold and the snow. Of course as a massive dog lover, the huskies in this book were very welcome.
This books focuses on three main characters. Erica, Molly and Noah, who all have their differing reasons for embarking on the trip to drive Siberian Huskies in an Arctic Challenge. All three hope that the trip will change them and allow them to escape their problems, and I would say to move on with their lives. We are introduced to all three characters and are allowed a little insight into their lives.
Laurie Ellingham has created some very real and often flawed characters and she has seemingly done this effortlessly. The setting is the biggest draw of this book for me but the story comes together beautifully. I felt emotionally invested in the outcomes of the characters lives as each chapter went by.
I found Ours is the Winter to have a wonderful and evocative setting, excellently drawn characters and a plot that managed to engage me. It really was a beautiful and captivating read and I look forward to reading more by Laurie Ellingham in the future.
About the Author:
Laurie Ellingham lives on the
Suffolk/Essex border with her two children, husband, and cockerpoo Rodney. She
has a First Class honours degree in Psychology and a background in Public
relations, but her main love is writing and disappearing into the fictional
world of her characters, preferably with a large coffee and a Twix (or two) to hand.
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