An powerful, epic love story, Despite the Falling Snow moves effortlessly across eras and continents to unfold an enthralling drama of love, treachery and redemption.

In present day Boston, seventy year old Alexander Ivanov has built a successful business empire. A kind, passionate man, he has managed to bury the tragic memories of his early life in Soviet Russia with his charismatic late wife, Katya.

But into his life come two women. One begins to open up the heart he has kept protected for so long. The other is determined to uncover the truth about what really happened to Katya all those years ago.

The story's journey back to 1950's Moscow takes us into a world of true love lost, and of friendships betrayed. For only by confronting the past can Alexander move on to his future.

"A second novel by an outstanding new author (Shamim Sarif) written with a controlled passion, in translucent prose, and fluent dialogue indoubtedly influenced by her screen-writing experience; two factors which arrest, and retain, our attention throughout a story which is, literally, breathtaking."
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