Light On Snow

I am on an Anita Shreve book pattern lately and this time I read Light On Snow. Nicky, who is thirty, tells her story beginning at age 12. At age 12, it has been two years since her mother and baby sister were killed in a car accident. Nicky and her Dad left New York City to escape the memories and now live in a secluded area in New Hampshire. Nicky goes to school and her Dad makes furniture. One winter day after school, Nicky and her Dad take their evening walk on their acres of property wearing their snow shoes. They hear strange sounds. Following the sounds they come upon a newborn baby girl lying in a towel inside a sleeping bag deep in the snow. They take the baby to the hospital. Nicky wants to keep the baby but her father says no. The baby survives but looses one finger to frost bite. This is a lovely story about family and love and grief.