For the Callahans; a family of ten tucked away in a small prairie cabin; each day is a test of endurance and faith.
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Ma and Pa, their six children, and the grandparents must hold together through storms that never seem to end, when the food barrel runs empty, when the world beyond their windows vanishes into white.

From the last days of summer's warmth to the first fragile hints of spring, they learn what it means to survive not just the cold, but the waiting. Through blizzards, hunger, and the endless hush of the frozen plains, they cling to one another, to small mercies, and to a faith that endures even when the sun feels lost.

Told with quiet beauty and historical realism, this sweeping frontier novel captures the strength of a family's love against the unforgiving heart of a Dakota winter; a season that strips life to its barest bones, and in doing so, reveals what truly keeps it alive.