In the summer of 2000, Jane Christmas fell hopelessly in love with Pelee Island, a place she'd never heard of before despite it being a mere three-hour drive from her home. She began to imagine a life there, far from mounting bills, to-do lists, domestic strife, needy friends and family, and a long-distance commute to her stressful job. Before the year was out she had put her home up for sale, and moved there with her young daughter. But under a thick blanket of snow, Canada's most southerly inhabited point looked different and behaved differently than it did in the height of summer. This sweet memoir is peppered with amusing faux pas and anecdotes about trying to make a life among a wary, blunt community of islanders who were hibernating just fine until Jane arrived.
