01617cam a2200277 4500 1855727970 TxAuBib 20130131120000.0 120319s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012010566 9780452298385 pbk. $15.00 0452298385 pbk. $15.00 (OCoLC)778419315 DLC eng DLC BTCTA BDX YDXCP OCLCO GO3 KNJ TxAuBib Jio, Sarah. Blackberry winter : a novel / Sarah Jio. New York : Plume, 2012. 290, 16 p. ; 21 cm. "Seattle, 1933. Vera Ray kisses her three-year-old son, Daniel, good night and reluctantly leaves for work. She hates the night shift, but it's the only way she can earn enough to keep destitution at bay. In the morning--even though it's the second of May--a heavy snow is falling. Vera rushes to wake Daniel, but his bed is empty. His teddy bear lies outside in the snow. Seattle, present day. On the second of May, Seattle Herald reporter Claire Aldridge awakens to another late-season snowstorm. Assigned to cover this "blackberry winter" and its predecessor decades earlier, Claire learns of Daniel's unsolved abduction and vows to unearth the truth--only to discover that she and Vera are linked in unexpected ways"-- Provided by publisher. 20130131. bt/cjb. Women journalists Fiction. Missing children Fiction. Seattle (Wash) Fiction. Psychological fiction.