Nina and Meredith couldn’t be more opposite and both are facing different challenges in life that will impact their future.

Lies and secrets can destroy relationships, but understanding a person's story gives clarity into their seemingly inconceivable ways of behaving in the present, bringing empathy and understanding.That their mother was like one of her precious Russian nesting dolls, and if that were true, would they ever really see the one hidden deep inside? We all really loved the discussion we had for this one and we really dug deep into the emotional depth of this story and how it made us feel. Sisters Meredith and Nina couldn't be more different from one another, and have difficulty bridging the gap to find common ground.

The story is ridiculous, the ending absurd (and stolen from about twenty tearjerker movies that I can think of).Naturally, her story can put one’s own struggles into perspective and is a horrible reminder of the sacrifices, and sufferings of a complicated war. You couldn't control the direction of your family any more than you could stop the continental shelf from breaking apart. Winter Garden tells the story of Meredith and Nina Whitson and their supposedly heartless mother Anya. Imposible no sentir en la propia piel el frío de una Leningrado en guerra, el dolor de sus habitantes, el dolor de sus familias resquebrajadas y cómo es capaz de llevarlo cada personaje; una historia con tantas perdidas y sufrimiento, que solo te lleva a preguntarte: ¿Cómo pudieron sobreponerse?

The characters are flawed but believable, the novel hard to forget and the ending entirely satisfying to this reader. Kristin Hannah is an award-winning and bestselling author of more than 20 novels including the international blockbuster, The Nightingale, Winter Garden, Night Road, and Firefly Lane. She will remember how she told them what she hadn’t known before: that war is about fire and fear and bodies lying in ditches by the side of the road.I wanted more interaction between them so i can be invested in their relationship but sadly there wasn’t they only talked like 6 or 7 times in the book i counted them. Vera and Sasha: everything happened so fast for me she fall in love with him the first time they met? I picked this book for two reasons, one- I recently read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, and after it being one of the best books I read lately, I was eager for more! The story has so much depth to it and the author successfully transports the reader to both Leningrad and Alaska in a way I never expected.