First Bog about Novel

Well I am half way through my book and so far I have become very interested in what is going to happen in the rest of the story. My character Amanda has returned home to her home town and decides to visit her sister. Though Amanda was always annoyed with her sister Mathilda as they were younger, she still goes to there old house where they grew up on the island as kids. Mathilda still lives in that house with her daughter Ruth and her husband Carl. Carl is in the Army so he is not able to come home til they allow him, especially since he is over seas. Once Amanda has been home for awhile a very tragic accident occurs Amanda has realized that Mathilda has not come home for several hours. With the weather outside very cold and snow on the ground, Amanda starts to worry. Amanda had gone in to report Mathilda as a missing person when her body had been found trapped in the ice of the Nagawaukee lake. This part of the book was tragic with all the detail that the author has put into this story and how much she goes back to their childhood to explain more about their adult lives.