Mercy Snow
A Novel

this book is a somewhat more women's fiction-y counterpart to russell banks' The Sweet Hereafter with a very slight sprinkling of magical realism for sparkle. like the banks, this begins with a school bus accident in the icy winter of a small northern town, and the way the accident's aftershocks rip......more

Four and a half stars I became thoroughly immersed in the story of the small New Hampshire town of Titan Falls and the characters who inhabited it. A tragic bus accident that sees one young woman dead and the bus driver in a critical condition, starts rumours and suspicion flowing. These largely cent......more

If I had to describe this book in two words, they would be QUIET and POWERFUL. It's the kind of story that stays with you long after you have finished it. It takes place in a New England town that after while you begin to inhabit, thanks to the wonderful prose from author Tiffany Baker. The characte......more

A lot of readers seemed to really like this book, but I wasn't one. The characters had no depth or subtlety; the homespun vernacular used in both the dialogue and much of the POV exposition seemed unrealistic and overdone; and the rampant symbolism was as murky as the river running through the cente......more

Titan Falls is a mill town. The livelihoods of almost all the residents depend on the paper mill and the McAllister family has owned it for generations. Cal and his wife June are Titan Falls royalty for whom opinions are not voiced, lips are sealed and secrets are kept … generations of secrets. Ever......more