What happens when ex-cheerleaders grow up?For Snowy, the cute, blond cheerleader at Gunthwaite High School in the 1950s, did anything ever match the glory of those years?This is the story that the multitudes of fans of the best-selling THE CHEERLEADER, have clamored for, a story that new readers will respond to with equal eagerness. While chronicling Snowy's next thirty years, it explores the lives of her best friends, beautiful Bev and outspoken Puddles, and her first love, Tom. What happens when the Silent Generation grows up? SNOWY describes how she and her friends, who came of age in the security of the 1950s when roles were defined and accepted, develop in the next decades, their experiences unique and universal. Like THE CHEERLEADER, this sequel is straightforward, touching, disturbing--and very funny.THE CHEERLEADER has been called a classic. MacDougall faithfully chronicles the barrage of pleasures and miseries that pepper a life...With enjoyable period detail. -- The Kirkus Reviews, September 1993 MacDougall's sexy, painfully true story illuminates what an endless process growing up is. -- Booklist, September 1, 1993 Readers should prepare to laugh out loud and cry in earnest as Henrietta Snow grows up. Highly recommended. -- Library Journal, August 1993 Readers should prepare to laugh out loud and cry in earnest as Henrietta Snow grows up...Highly recommended. -- Library Journal, August 1993 First published in 1993 by St. Martin's Press, "Snowy" has now been rereleased by Frigate Books. The reprint includes a new feature, a foreword by English professor Ann V. Norton, who writes, "Those of us who consider Snowy, Bev, Puddles, and Tom our good friends--those fans who have been so haunted by their stories that they implored Ruth Doan MacDougall for more--will welcome this reprint of 'Snowy' and cherish the continuation of this extraordinary ordinary saga." I am extremely grateful to the fans for their enthusiasm, and I'm so glad that "Snowy" is available to them again. I'm now working on "Henrietta Snow," which will complete the trilogy. Ruth Doan MacDougall lives in New Hampshire, where she was born and grew up. Her novels include The Snowy Series: THE CHEERLEADER and its sequels. She also updates her father s hiking books. She is the recipient of the New Hampshire Writers Project s Lifetime Achievement Award. Used Book in Good Condition