May's title is "This Wild Silence" by Lucy Jane Bledsoe . From the American Library Association : Bledsoe follows the stories in Sweat (1995) and the working-class novel Working Parts (1997) with a tale of family loyalties, lies and secrets, and the daunting terrain of sisterhood between two wildly different people. Christine (Tina), a physician in San Francisco's Tenderloin district, seems to have difficulty in forming and maintaining intimate relationships and seeks solace in her work. Meanwhile, her outdoorsy, survival-enthusiast sister Liz's marriage to high-school sweetie Mark, now an educational publisher, seems faultless. But beneath smooth surfaces lie fault lines, as Tina learns while snow camping with Liz and Mark in California's Sierra Nevadas. Both women have lived with the guilt stemming from the disappearance of their brother, then a preschooler, while they were watching him during a family excursion three decades ago. Will the harsh environment ...