

At a loss, the professor asks his tenant Lucía Maraz-a 62-year- old lecturer from Chile-for her advice.

What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professor’s house seeking help. Richard Bowmaster-a 60-year- old human rights scholar-hits the car of Evelyn Ortega-a young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemala-in the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. In the Midst of Winter begins with a minor traffic accident-which becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. Int'l Women's Conference - México, 2013.Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ceremony, 2017.
