Snowed In

Praise for Christina Bartolomeo andSnowed In "As sparkling and transcendent as the first snow. With an alchemist's eye, Bartolomeo makes magic with a wonderful new novel about love and friendship, need and self-worth, and the way the past impossibly tugs at the future. Slyly funny---and at times heartbreaking---Snowed Inis proof positive that even in the deepest freeze of winter, something miraculous---and rare---can happen." - Caroline Leavitt, author ofGirls in Trouble "This novel is a gem. Once again, Christina Bartolomeo displays her gifts as a first-rate storyteller. She writes with the wit of Diane Johnson and the heart of Josephine Humphreys.Snowed Intells the story of a young marriage in trouble. It is unflinchingly honest, smart, wistful---as engrossing and revealing as a long conversation with a wise friend. Sophie Quinn, the novel's narrator, is at once clear-eyed and bemused, a closet optimist with a deep streak of fatalism: 'If you're the type that's going to get done in, it happens,' she reports. 'If you're not---and sheer luck has more to do with this than anything---you come to a place where it's just irresistible to get on with things, when all you can think of is that here you are, somehow saved from the wreckage, and now what?'" - Karl Ackerman, author ofThe Patron Saint of Unmarried Women "Snuggle up under your coziest comforter and break out the chocolate! This utterly charming book about finding love and courage is for every woman who has written a to-do list of self-improvement that starts where Sophie's does: 'haircut.' Engaging and funny, I was rooting for Sophie from page one." - Leslie Pietrzyk, author ofA Year and a DayandPears on a Willow Tree "Here's a book brimming with comfort and courage. Christina Bartolomeo has written a delightful novel. Snowed In is an enchanting book whose main character grows more charming by the page." - Mary Kay Zuravleff, author ofThe Frequency of Souls "This thoroughly engaging story...explores how fragile love can be." - Frances Park, author ofWhen My Sister Was Cleopatra Moon "Christina Bartolomeo's heroine is a character of whom one grows very fond.Snowed Inis a lovely, warmly created story of renegotiation and new beginnings." - Elizabeth Buchan, author ofRevenge of the Middle-Aged WomanandThe Good Wife Strikes BackBartolomeo, Christina is the author of 'Snowed In', published 2005 under ISBN 9780312320898 and ISBN 0312320892.