A Girl of Silver & Snow

by Kelsie Engen

Overview

Daily life in Monticola is harsh for Pia—and even harsher for the weak. Every day she struggles to put a few bites of food in her sibling's bellies and keep her sister's illness at bay while her father disappears and returns without coin and her mother trades in products Pia doesn't want to think about. Only through the combined efforts of Pia and her family can they all remain safe and semi-warm in their rented home. Yet as her sister's treatments get more expensive, her mother suffers an unfortunate end to her pregnancy, and her father returns to drinking, Pia is forced to desperate actions to keep her family together and safe.

*This is a novella at 25K words featuring a character from Fog & Mist, book 1 in the Canens Chronicles. It is a standalone.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663541802
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	08/30/2020
Series:	A Canens Chronicles Short Story , #2
Pages:	114
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.27(d)

About the Author

Kelsie Engen spent her youth in North Pole, Alaska, a short ways away from Santa Claus' house. It was a unique youth, suffering negative fifty degrees every winter only to be rewarded with ninety above and constant daylight in the summers. Her eclectic interests led her to pursue an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice and a Master's degree in Microbiology. Now she stays home with her two kids, dog, and cats and writes frantically during whenever her children are asleep.

Kelsie is constantly at work on new things spanning a variety of topics. Among them: fairy tales, England, Alaska, running, family life, heartbreak, and hope. Follow along with her writing journey at KelsieEngenAuthor.com or on her writing blog at kelsieengen.com, where she blogs as often as her children allow. Currently, she is writing a fantasy series loosely based on Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty.