On May 7, 1933, Seattle has a major, unseasonal snowfall. A single
Mother, who has had to leave her three-year-old son alone while she works an overnight
shift, slogs home in the snow to find him gone. She is poor, and the police don't take her seriously, listing him as a run-away. He is never found.
Segue to present-day Seattle: another major snowfall on May
7th. A newspaper reporter is given an assignment to find a human-interest story
that will link the two unusual weather events. Her quest leads her to the story
of the missing boy, and she sets out to solve the mystery of what happened to him.
This book isn’t so much a conventional mystery as it is a
book about family and relationships and communication. In the end, the mystery
is resolved. I really enjoyed the book, but the editing left something to be
desired. The word smirk appeared so
frequently, and often inappropriately, that
it was a distraction. However, the plot was interesting, and the
characters well drawn, so all in all, a good read.
320 pages
