2004 "First Edition" stated; Little, Brown and Company, New York, Boston; hardbound in amethyst and black boards with white lettering along spine; very good condition; dust jacket very good.
 
Description -
Snowshoeing over crusted snow in the woods near their home, twelve-year-old Nicky Dillon and her father come upon something shocking.  There, in the pristine winter scene, an abandoned baby wails, its survival made possible only by the coincidence of their having chosen this path for their late afternoon outing...
 
Nicky's ideas about life are thrown into stark relief by the arrival of a young woman haunted by her own terrible choices...