Secular story, religious themes
Colin R. Johnson
April 2, 2014
It takes time for the “winter vault” to appear in Anne Michaels’ novel(over 240 pages in), but it is an apt title for this beautifully craftedstory of dispossession and adaptation, of loss and hard-won hope, ofthe creative capacity of story to open the way to reconciliation and thepower of love to realize redemption.
