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Winter Garden
Historical fiction
Winter Garden
Estranged sisters Meredith and Nina reunite at their Washington apple orchard when their beloved father becomes gravely ill. His final request is that their distant Russian-born mother, Anya, finish the fairy tale she has told only in fragments. The story gradually reveals a real young woman's ordeal during the siege of Leningrad and recasts the family's decades of silence. Emotional and dual-timeline, this novel suits readers who enjoy complicated mothers and daughters, sister reconciliation, hidden wartime histories, and stories in which understanding the past becomes essential to repairing the present.
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World War II siege and starvation; child and parental death; grief; violence and blood; suicidal thoughts and suicide attempt; genocide; forced institutionalization; miscarriage; sexual content and rape reference.
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Mint Lemonade
A bright, refreshing sip suits a wintry evening with a book.
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- 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice ↗
- 1/2 oz simple syrup ↗
- 6 mint leaves ↗
- 4 oz cold water
- Ice
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- Combine the noncarbonated ingredients in a glass or shaker and stir or shake until mixed. Pour over ice, top with any carbonated ingredient, and stir gently.
- Garnish: Use a matching citrus wheel, berry, or herb from the recipe when available.
- Glassware: Highball glass.
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Cipher Gimlet
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Rosemary syrup sharpens the familiar gin-and-lime gimlet with a fragrant twist.
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- Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled coupe.
- Garnish: Rosemary sprig or lime wheel.
- Glassware: Coupe.
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