About the Book: The Black Snow
In the spring of 1945, farm-worker Matthew Peoples runs into a burning byre and
does not come out alive. The farms owner, Barnabas Kane, can only look on as his
friend dies and all 43 of his cattle are destroyed in the blaze. Following the
disaster, the bull-headed and proudly self-sufficient Barnabas is forced to
reach out to the farming community for assistance. But resentment simmers over
Matthew Peoples death, and Barnabas and his family begin to believe their
efforts at recovery are being sabotaged. Barnabas is determined to hold firm.
Yet his son Billy struggles under the weight of a