THE WINTERKEEPER is a coming of age story, a love story and a wonderful story for Book Club discussions. This intergenerational mainstream novel (inspired by a news piece about a man who has been Yellowstone's 'Winter Keeper' for decades) has crossover potential to the YA market and would appeal to readers of THE ORPHAN TRAIN Christina Baker Kline, William Morrow, 2013] or Irma Joubert's THE GIRL FROM THE TRAIN. Thomas Nelson, 2015] The combined elements of the Depression era, the small town setting, a cast of strong secondary characters and the seemingly disparate but ultimately connected events driving each of the main characters make for a story that will keep readers turning the pages.In addition to the novels mentioned above, like the classic TRUE GRIT Charles Portis, Simon and Schuster, 1968]-- resourceful young girl on a mission who needs older loner man's help-- THE WINTER KEEPER differs with the addition of the older man's spouse--and the challenges they must face that impact not only their marriage, but also Millie.Readers who enjoy THE BOOK THIEF Markus Zusak, Alfred A. Knopf, 2007] will also find parallels in the story of a young girl basically on her own in chaotic and traumatic times who connects with a stranger with his own problems. In THE WINTER KEEPER, the war raging is the Great Depression and the enemy is a desperate businessman who needs the protagonist's inheritance.There are also parallels to National Book Award Finalist Paulette Jiles' NEWS OF THE WORLD William Morrow, 2016]--loner older man reluctantly rescuing young orphan girl. In THE WINTER KEEPER the three main characters face their own unique and ultimately life-threatening obstacles.

The Winterkeeper

Literature & Fiction

Anna Schmidt

Contemporary

Bucket Line Books LLC

Gardiner MT, just outside Yellowstone National Park, Winter, 1933 Three people—each with the toughness and desire to survive whatever adversity fate throws in their path. But will that be enough to overcome a financial Depression in its third year with no sign of abating or the brutally cold wilderness that is Yellowstone in winter?Millie Chase is fourteen—and an orphan. Other than a stepfather she neither knows nor likes, she has no one. She sets out to find her mother’s childhood friend who she believes lives in nearby Yellowstone National Park, hoping the woman might take her in. Of course it’s winter and the park is pretty much shut down so it’s a long shot, but….Nate Baker admits he’s getting too old for the arduous work of maintaining the buildings in Yellowstone, but with the depression going into its third year and showing few signs of abating, a man with a job doesn’t easily walk away. Besides life in the park is all he knows. So when he finds runaway Millie, half frozen and demanding to speak to his wife, Nate risks his future—and Ginny’s-- when he decides to take her in.Ginny Baker comes from money—a fortune she has been assured has not been threatened by the Depression and one she has counted on as the nest egg that will sustain Nate and her in their old age. But when she receives word that the money is gone and her sister, Gert is in dire straits, she drops everything and heads to Chicago.

The Winterkeeper: ... a tale of hope and love in the face of insurmountable obstacles

Schmidt, Anna

Genre Fiction

Monica Beresford Wichfeld lived life on her terms and without apology. As a young woman, she socialized with some of the most famous people of her era-Noel Coward, Tallulah Bankhead, Coco Chanel-using her connections to build a business that would save her husband's familial estate from bankruptcy. Born in Great Britain, she married a Danish aristocrat and landowner and moved to his lavish estate on the island of Lolland, south of Copenhagen. Shortly after settling there, she began a nine-year affair with a neighbor (with the sanction of her husband) and raised three children. But Monica's most defiant act came when she was in her forties and the Nazis invaded her adopted homeland. A woman without fear, she made the estate available as a haven for the Resistance and as a drop point for the weapons and supplies meant to arm them for their fight. In 1944, at the age of fifty, she was betrayed by a fellow resistor-codename 'Jacob'--and was sentenced to death by hanging. When Danes protested, her sentence was commuted to life in prison and she died in a prison hospital just weeks before the war ended.

Monica's War

Horne, Jo

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