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Family secrets, sisterhood, war, heartbreak & one mother’s mysterious past. ❄️💔 Meredith and Nina Whitson couldn’t be more different. When their beloved father becomes ill, the estranged sisters reunite with their distant, enigmatic mother, Anya. A promise made at their father’s bedside finally pushes Anya to finish a mysterious story she began years ago. What seems like a fairy tale slowly reveals something much more real—taking the sisters from modern-day Alaska to war-torn Leningrad and exposing a devastating secret buried in their mother’s past. ✨ Emotional family drama ❄️ Dual timeline/history 🦋 Mother-daughter & sister relationships 💔 Love, loss and survival 🪖 WWII / Siege of Leningrad setting 🤫 Long-buried family secrets 📖 Great book-club pick Genre: Historical Fiction • Women’s Fiction • Family Drama • Romance Format: Paperback ISBN: 978-0-312-66315-5 Standalone: Yes