With World War I raging abroad, newly widowed Elizabeth Gaesling gathers her family for their annual shooting party to mark the opening of hunting season in rural, upstate New York. But Elizabeth is forced to confront a new reality as her carefree eldest son comes to terms with his impending deployment overseas and her younger son discovers that the father they all revered left them deeply in debt. Together, the family must let go of the life they’ve always known.
What is the Story of The Snow Geese?
The Snow Geese is the emotional and vivid story of Elizabeth Geasling, a widow who is coping with the recent death of her devil-may-care husband as her family gathers at their hunting lodge in upstate New York in the fall of 1917. It's the beginning of snow geese hunting season, and Elizabeth’s sister, Clarissa, and brother-in-law, Max, a German doctor driven out of Syracuse in the fervor over World War I, are living with her. Also on hand are Elizabeth's sons Duncan, a Princeton grad who's about to ship off overseas wtih an elite regiment, and Arnold, who has discovered that his late father left the fmaily penniless.
