The Secret of Snow, Viola Shipman
The Secret of Snow, Viola Shipman
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The Secret of Snow

Author: Viola Shipman

Narrator: Nancy Peterson

Unabridged: 11 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/26/2021


Synopsis

The forecast is calling for a reluctant homecoming and regrettable decisions with a strong chance of romance…

When Sonny Dunes, a SoCal meteorologist whose job is all sunshine and seventy-two-degree days, is replaced by a virtual meteorologist that will never age, gain weight or renegotiate its contract, the only station willing to give the fifty-year-old another shot is the very place Sonny’s been avoiding since the day she left for college—her northern Michigan hometown.

Sonny grudgingly returns to the long, cold, snowy winters of her childhood…with the added humiliation of moving back in with her mother. Not quite an outsider but no longer a local, Sonny finds her past blindsiding her everywhere: from the high school friends she ghosted, to the former journalism classmate and mortal frenemy who’s now her boss, to, most keenly, the death years ago of her younger sister, who loved the snow.

To distract herself from the memories she's spent her life trying to outrun, Sonny throws herself headfirst into covering every small-town winter event to woo a new audience, made more bearable by a handsome widower with optimism to spare. But with someone trying to undermine her efforts to rebuild her career, Sonny must make peace with who she used to be and allow her heart to thaw if she’s ever going to find a place she can truly call home.

Don't miss bestselling author Viola Shipman's charming new novel, THE WISHING BRIDGE—where an ambitious executive rediscovers the magic of family, friendship, home...and Christmas!

Other books by Viola Shipman: Famous in a Small TownA Wish for WinterThe Edge of SummerThe Summer CottageThe Heirloom GardenThe Clover Girls

About Viola Shipman

Wade Rouse is a popular award-winning memoirist and internationally bestselling author of twelve books, which have been translated into twenty languages and selected as Today show Must-Reads, Indie Next Picks and Michigan Notable Books. Rouse writes fiction under his grandma’s name, Viola Shipman, to honor the woman whose heirlooms inspire his writing. He lives in Michigan and California, and hosts Wine & Words with Wade, A Literary Happy Hour, every Thursday.


Reviews

Goodreads review by WhiskeyintheJar on November 04, 2021

1.5 stars I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. When long-time meteorologist Sonny gets replaced with AI, she has a breakdown on camera that has her pasting suns on her chest and shaking them at the cam......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on December 02, 2021

A fun, cozy, and heartwarming holiday book! The Secret of Snow is the first holiday novel from Shipman, and as with the others, it is a total comfort read about friendship and love. Sonny returns home to Michigan and its lake-effect snow (that snow is no joke!). She also has to face her past, and she......more

Goodreads review by Jonetta on December 07, 2021

Years ago, Amberrose Murphy left the snow and darkness of Michigan behind and reinvented herself as Sonny Dunes, the highly rated meteorologist in Palm Springs, California. Now, the new hipster owner of her TV station has replaced her with an AI solution. But, she didn’t go quietly and her meltdown......more

Goodreads review by Jeanne on November 16, 2022

The perfect book read at the right time. This was the story I didn't know that I needed to read... until I read it. A wonderful early Christmas present given to me from my son.......more

Goodreads review by Mary on December 24, 2021

4.5/5 I had no idea what to expect when I started The Secret of Snow by Viola Shipman other than it had a gorgeous cover that I was immediately drawn to. I don't like to read reviews or even the synopsis before I read a book these days, so I really wasn't expecting to be sent on an emotional roller c......more