Winterland -- Rae Meadows, Hardcover

Perfection has a cost . . . With transporting prose and meticulous detail, set in an era that remains shockingly relevant today, Winterland tells a story of glory, loss, hope, and determination, and of finding light where none exists.

Soviet Union, 1973: There is perhaps no greater honor for a young girl than to be chosen for the famed USSR gymnastics program. When eight-year-old Anya is selected, her family is thrilled. What is left of her family, that is. Years ago, her mother disappeared without a trace, leaving Anya's father devastated and their lives dark and quiet in the bitter cold of Siberia. Anya's only confidant is her neighbor, an older woman who survived unspeakable horrors during her ten years imprisoned in a Gulag camp--and who, unbeknownst to Anya, was also her mother's confidant and might hold the key to her disappearance.

As Anya rises through the ranks of competitive gymnastics, and as other girls fall from grace, she soon comes to realize that there is very little margin of error for anyone and so much to lose.

Author: Rae Meadows
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 11/29/2022
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.33h x 6.45w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9781250834522

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/01/2022 pg. 4
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2022
Publishers Weekly 10/17/2022