Ruth Doan McDougall publishes two books in Snowy Series

SANDWICH—Two additions to The Snowy Series have recently been published, continuing the story that began with “The Cheerleader,” Ruth Doan MacDougall’s best-selling novel set in the 1950s.

“A Gunthwaite Girl” is a novelette set in 2005 describing a tour of the characters’ hometown. It interconnects the previous sequel, “A Born Maniac,” with the new full-length sequel, “Site Fidelity,” set in 2008.

The title “Site Fidelity” is an ornithological term for birds’ instinctive migration back to their place of origin. As St. Anselm College Professor Ann Norton Holbrook writes in her foreword, it “reflects a recurring theme in the series that becomes more forceful with each new [sequel].”

The painting on the cover is by Bill Tyers, who did the cover for another of Ruth’s novels, “Mutual Aid.”

Featured on the cover of “A Gunthwaite Girl” is a 1950s photograph of Laconia High School. The photo was located by Laconia Historical and Museum Society treasurer Warren D. Huse, board member Dorothy Nelson Duffy, and former executive director Brenda M. Kean.

In addition to the publication of these two new books in paperback, e-books of all the sequels are now available.

“The Cheerleader” has been called “a classic” and “a favorite book.” Readers always ask, “What happened next?” and Ruth is now working on the next sequel, “Lazy Beds.”

A Laconia native, Ruth lives in Center Sandwich with her husband, Don, also a Laconia native. They went to the high school on the cover of “A Gunthwaite Girl.”

Details about the books are at www.ruthdoanmacdougall.com.