The Snow Country

A farmer finds himself visiting an eerie, surreal landscape night after night when his wife is diagnosed with cancer...A thirteen year old boy meets a mysterious, beautiful butterfly seller who sees more than the visible world... In these eleven haunting stories, a delicate balance of magical realism and bleak truths converge in a world both dreamlike and severe. As well as having a strong otherworldly flavor, this new author's collection is also steeped in the sharp air, the dark forests, and the slow, haunting snowfalls of Northern New England. "Jodina Meehan writes with a luminous intensity stories that inhabit a world between the everyday and fantastic. Somehow, at its most fanciful her writing is most precise and mirrors a psychological truth--we see through the eyes of her characters and are beckoned by the twisting pathways of their thoughts. We share their wonder." --Eric Blomquist