A skilled director and screenwriter, Hyatt Bass creates a tale of both regret and rebirth in this debut novel. Emily Ascher's impending marriage forces a family shattered by tragedy and guilt to examine feelings long at rest. Everything changed when Emily's brother died-but what really happened on that cold winter night-and why does her father continue to blame himself for her brother's death?
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" This was an interesting book about family relationships and how you can hurt the one you love. It took me almost 100 pages to get into the book but once I did it was a quick read. The story is told in the past and in the future spanning 16 years. "
— Cindy, 10/15/2011" I Liked this book, although at times the characters were a little frustrating. My favorite part of the book was when Joe compared life to snow. "But snow, like human life. built gradually to a certain point the gradually-or abruptly-melted away" So true! "
— Cindy, 9/30/2011Hyatt Bass studied at Princeton, where she majored in English Literature because it was the only department liberal enough to let her write her thesis on film. After college, she worked in the film industry before starting work on her debut novel, The Embers. She lives in New York with her family.
Nicole Poole is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator, commercial voice talent, veteran soundpainter, and owner of the O. Gail Poole Collection. She is also a staunch supporter of the arts and travels around the globe with a mobile recording studio.