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Saving Snowflakes in My Pocket

Barbara Jean Ruther
Outskirts Press, Inc. (2011)
ISBN 9781432773281
Reviewed by Tia Bach for RebeccasReads (12/2011)

Can love survive years of deception? Can a woman love two brothers? Those are the questions at the forefront of Savings Snowflakes in My Pocket.

Sarah and Michael have both suffered loss and head to cabin retreats to heal. Michael is from a wealthy but altruistic family, but all he has left is his big brother, Jonathon, the protector. Sarah is all alone, her mother and father left her life by choice and the woman who loved and raised her died. Sarah and Michael find each other and form a new family with Jonathon and his adopted son, Lavar.

When Michael discovers he can’t give Sarah the child they both want, he secretly goes to his brother and asks him to donate sperm for Sarah’s in vitro procedure. Sarah gives birth to twins, Julia and Matthew. An odd, but loving, family is formed with Uncle Jonathon and Michael both take on father roles. Everyone is happy until the deception of the twins’ birth is exposed.

" Saving Snowflakes in My Pocket" starts with a beautiful poem about memories. Each chapter is subtitled according to a line in the poem, and it’s beautifully interwoven. Your heart goes out to each of the characters. Even though you question some of their decisions, it’s obvious they are making choices out of love.

“The mystery of love is a jigsaw puzzle. The whole picture doesn’t appear until all the pieces have been fitted together.” Love is complicated, and the author creates several believable love stories the reader can invest in. We see Sarah ultimately loving two men, and it never seems wrong or perverted. The author also showcases the parent-child bond, whether a child is biological or adopted.

I only wish the story didn’t feel rushed at times, the author trying to squeeze so many years into so few pages. The predictable conclusion seems rushed as well. The payoff for investing in these well-developed characters is too soon over. But, overall, the story pulls at your heartstrings and showcases the amazing power of love.

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