A Mind of Winter

World War II haunts the lives and loves of three people, on three continents, in this novel by an author who "writes with wisdom and courage" (Ursula Hegi, author of Stones from the River).

Oscar is a mysterious Englishman who presides over Ellis Park, a sprawling mansion on Long Island's North Shore. It is 1951; as the jazz bands play and the ever-present houseguests waft into the ballroom, the war seems much further away than a mere six years. But Oscar is tormented by his own questionab...