Dangers abound as Darby Evans seeks to solve a sixty-year-old mystery from the time of Nazi-occupied Austria. What she uncovers will unlock her own family's secrets and will forever change her life and bring her out of the winter of her soul. Some mysteries won't stay buried in the past.In 1941, a young woman faced the firing squad at Mauthausen Concentration Camp with one unrevealed secret as her only comfort. Sixty years later, a family mystery unfolds as Darby Evans struggles to calm her cancer-ravaged grandmother who calls the name of "Tatianna" in her dying hours. A deathbed promise launches Darby on a journey across the world and into the secrets of Nazi-occupied Austria —a journey full of dead ends, shocking stories, and dangerous men who want a share in her grandmother's lost inheritance. As Darby seeks answers, her search opens old wounds, incites new dangers, discovers new love, and offers healing to six decades of a long winter's sorrow."Winter Passing will enter a place deep inside your heart as you read it . . . and will be one of those stories you carry with you always."—Robin Jones Gunn, best-selling author Some mysteries won't stay buried in the past. In 1941, a young woman faced the firing squad at Mauthausen Concentration Camp with one unrevealed secret as her only comfort. Sixty years later, a family mystery unfolds as Darby Evans struggles to calm her cancer-ravaged grandmother who calls the name of "Tatianna" in her dying hours. A deathbed promise launches Darby on a journey across the world and into the secrets of Nazi-occupied Austria?a journey full of dead ends, shocking stories, and dangerous men who want a share in her grandmother's lost inheritance. As Darby seeks answers, her search opens old wounds, incites new dangers, discovers new love, and offers healing to six decades of a long winter's sorrow. "Winter Passing will enter a place deep inside your heart as you read it ... and will be one of those stories you carry with you always."?Robin Jones Gunn, best-selling author 2001 Christy Award finalist! Darby Evans stands before her grandmother's bed, wondering why the dying older woman calls the name of a stranger--Tatianna. A young woman searches for clues to her grandmother's love and legacy lost during World War II. A beautiful story of ultimate love and the passing of a sixty-year-old winter of sorrow. Tatianna died before a firing squad in Austria in 1941, but as Darby Evans stands at her grandmother's bed, many years later, her grandmother is calling that name. "Two headstones with the same name and a wedding ring finally produce clues that lead to a love found and the passing of a sixty-year-old winter of sorrow."--Cover
