Review 5.0 out of 5 stars A real talent Don't think just because this is about a minister that it is not hard-hitting, touching and mind-expanding. Dive in. You won't be sorry. Product Description Snowtime, set in the rolling hills of southern Ohio, follows a young minister Keith Newman and his beautiful but bitter wife Ada as they navigate the pleasures and pitfalls of a rural ministry in the 1960's. The novel is alive with the folksy humor and cunning of the people in the small, past-its-prime town of Haran. The old people in the old house on the old road leading out of town insinuate themselves into the young cleric's life as does a young gypsy girl.The novel is shocking, funny, poignant and, yes, redemptive. About the Author Sandra Sweeny Silver is a prolific researcher, writer of fiction and non-fiction and lecturer on a variety of topics from ancient history and religion to gardening, cooking and beekeeping. She has published seven other books as well as written numerous articles and reviews. She and her husband Steve have three children and six grandchildren.