Synopses & Reviews
"A groundbreaking first novel that tackles nothing less daunting than the fragile psyche of early childhood."-Kaylie Jones, author of
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries"The Snow Trainis intimate, imaginative and, by the startling conclusion, blissful."-Melvin Jules Bukiet, author of After
This exceptional debut novel begins in 1952, and tells the story of a young boy whose sister is killed in a car accident, and who is haunted for years to come by her death. Possessed of that rarity-an authentic child's voice-Cummins's novel is a masterly work reminiscent of such 20th-century classics as Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolinaand Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird.
Joseph Cumminswas born in Detroit and lives in New Jersey with his wife and daughter.
Synopsis
A groundbreaking first novel that tackles nothing less daunting than the fragile psyche of early childhood.-Kaylie Jones, author of A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
The Snow Train is intimate, imaginative and, by the startling conclusion, blissful.-Melvin Jules Bukiet, author of After
This exceptional debut novel begins in 1952, and tells the story of a young boy whose sister is killed in a car accident, and who is haunted for years to come by her death. Possessed of that rarity-an authentic child's voice-Cummins's novel is a masterly work reminiscent of such 20th-century classics as Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina and Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird.
Joseph Cummins was born in Detroit and lives in New Jersey with his wife and daughter.
Synopsis
Fiction. This debut novel begins in 1952 and tells the story of a young boy whose sister is killed in a car accident, and who is haunted for years to come by her death. Told in an authentic child's voice Cummin's book is reminiscent of Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. "A groundbreaking first novel that tackles nothing less daunting than the fragile psyche of early childhood" - Kaylie Jones, author of A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries.