Winter in Anna, The

4.5 A quiet novel set in a small town, that involves the suicide of Anna, and the memories of her by a young man named Eric who had become friends with her. The book goes back and forth to Eric now, as a father and husband, and of Eric then, as a young 20 yr old, who got a job as editor of small weekl......more

There is a sadness so thick , right from the first page when I learned the fate of this woman named Anna. Even though I know what happened to her in the first paragraph, getting through the story to know why and what took her to that place was one of the reasons I couldn't put this book down. But it......more

Just lost my entire review removing a 2nd read!! This story opens up with a shockingly cruel and harsh suicide of a woman named Anna, who succumbed to her own darkness - her own winter. This is a reflective narrative as recalled by Eric, whom worked alongside Anna for a few years in the isolation of......more

The narrator in this book is Eric (sometimes called Ricky). He ended up in the town Anna was living in and after a brief stint as sportswriter at the local newspaper where Anna also worked, he was promoted to Editor. This sounds all mighty and fine, but it is a wee town and the dark comedy of puttin......more

Eric drops out of college, soon before graduating, and finds a job at a newspaper in a small town. There he meets Anna, a single mother raising two children, who also works at the newspaper. Eric soon gets promoted to editor and begins to spend more time with Anna as they work to make the newspaper......more