Title: This gathering goes on too long
Review: I was disappointed in the "Elegant Gathering of White Snows". The premise of eight women sharing a deep and meaningful friendship seemed initially very promising, but the book read more like a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie. The writing is very cliched and choppy. None of the characters seemed especially sympathetic, even though they had suffered loss and loneliness, because they had all spent years wallowing in self-pity and inertia.The idea that the entire country would be enthralled by these women's "walk" was pretty far-fetched to me as well. And the author adds nothing to the story by throwing in all the minor characters who are drawn to the walking women. Her time would have been better spent developing the major characters more fully.I lost interest about 3/4 of the way through the book and simply stopped reading.
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