In this 1943 romantic adventure by the author of the acclaimed novel Ex-Wife, two pilots, a man and a woman, are forced to land in a remote, snowbound forest, where for months they battle cold, storms, hunger, and the moral dilemma of their mutual attraction while engaged to two others.
Katherine Ursula Towle Parrott was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 26, 1899. She attended the Catholic Girls Latin School before graduating from Radcliffe College. Shortly after graduation, she relocated to New York City's Greenwich Village and worked as a fashion writer. Parrott's first book, Ex-Wife, was published in 1929 and drew from her own divorce experience. Initially published anonymously, it was deemed scandalous at the time. The book catapulted Ursula into the spotlight as both a celebrated author and a controversial figure. After Ex-Wife, Parrott's subsequent 21 books and more than 50 short stories were presented as mass-market tales of romance, or what her son, Marc, called "formula stuff," the creation of which required her to work "like a galley slave." Formulaic though these works may have been, their depiction of strong women seeking to establish independent identities within a frequently hostile environment was vivid and remains highly contemporary. Parrott often wrote non-stop for 72 hours, sold a story, and spent the proceeds on her son or a current partner before writing again when funds ran low. She stopped writing in 1947, and in 1952, a warrant was issued for her arrest in New York for grand larceny after she allegedly stole and pawned $1,000 worth of silverware from friends. According to her son, she passed away from cancer in 1957, anonymously, in a charity ward of a New York hospital.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Katherine Ursula Towle Parrott was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 26, 1899. She attended the Catholic Girls Latin School before graduating from Radcliffe College. Shortly after graduation, she relocated to New York City's Greenwich Village and worked as a fashion writer. Parrott's first book, Ex-Wife, was published in 1929 and drew from her own divorce experience. Initially published anonymously, it was deemed scandalous at the time. The book catapulted Ursula into the spotlight as both a celebrated author and a controversial figure. After Ex-Wife, Parrott's subsequent 21 books and more than 50 short stories were presented as mass-market tales of romance, or what her son, Marc, called "formula stuff," the creation of which required her to work "like a galley slave." Formulaic though these works may have been, their depiction of strong women seeking to establish independent identities within a frequently hostile environment was vivid and remains highly contemporary. Parrott often wrote non-stop for 72 hours, sold a story, and spent the proceeds on her son or a current partner before writing again when funds ran low. She stopped writing in 1947, and in 1952, a warrant was issued for her arrest in New York for grand larceny after she allegedly stole and pawned $1,000 worth of silverware from friends. According to her son, she passed away from cancer in 1957, anonymously, in a charity ward of a New York hospital.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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