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Ways to Hide in Winter

A Novel

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Deep in Pennsylvania's Blue Ridge Mountains, a woman befriends a mysterious newcomer from Uzbekistan, setting in motion this suspenseful, atmospheric, politically charged debut.

After surviving a car crash that left her widowed at twenty-two, Kathleen has retreated to a remote corner of a state park, where she works flipping burgers for deer hunters and hikers—happy, she insists, to be left alone.

But when a stranger appears in the dead of winter—seemingly out of nowhere, kicking snow from his flimsy dress shoes—Kathleen is intrigued, despite herself. He says he's a student visiting from Uzbekistan, and his worldliness fills her with curiosity about life beyond the valley. After a cautious friendship settles between them, the stranger confesses to a terrible crime in his home country, and Kathleen finds herself in the grip of a manhunt—and face-to-face with secrets of her own.

Steeped in the rugged beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains as America's War on Terror rages in the background, Sarah St.Vincent's Ways to Hide in Winter is a powerful story about violence and redemption, betrayal and empathy, and how we reconcile the unforgivable in those we love.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from September 10, 2018
      Kathleen McElwain, the narrator of St. Vincent’s outstanding first novel, became a widow at 22 when her husband died in a car crash. Now 27, she works in a store “tucked away in the forgotten forests of Pennsylvania, high in the northernmost tendrils of the Blue Ridge Mountains.” There, she makes coffee and hamburgers for the occasional hunter or hiker, but most of the time she’s engrossed in a book, relishing the solitude of not seeing another person for days. Late one snowy afternoon, she’s surprised when a stranger shows up, not dressed for winter and seemingly without any transportation. Daniil—he doesn’t give a last name—says he’s a student from Uzbekistan. Kathleen becomes inexplicably drawn to Daniil, whose stories make her wonder about finally leaving the area. Eventually, he admits to her he’s wanted for a serious crime in his home country. Kathleen’s emotions are on high alert when she discovers an odd connection to Daniil’s past and the secrets of her marriage. Against the background of the “war on terror,” St. Vincent sensitively explores her believable characters’ motives in this tightly plotted tale. Agent: Stacia Decker, Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary.

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