A father's loss of balance destabilizes a whole family

After a lifetime of self-doubt, embracing the power of making unexpected fashion choices

As the snow falls ever heavier and the temperature drops ever lower in the author's hometown, she ventures out into a world of white.

"I can’t think about my mother, who is dying slowly and furiously. My grief is an unpacked box of sharp pieces stacked in a dark storeroom; I lug around a catalog of unfinished business."