Divorced before noon and dragging two trunks and a cracked mirror by dusk, Snow White walks away from the anthem of palace life to find something quieter-and truer-in a hill town where the bakery smells like forgiveness and the goat on the stoop thinks democracy has horns. At the mines-now run by old friends with new rules like "Safety first, gossip later"-Snow learns the art of usefulness: lamps that need love, knots that keep their promises, and a chalk line you redraw whenever the wind erases it.There's grief here, and laughter that arrives like soup at the right time. There's Wren, a six-year-old who convenes court with a wooden spoon gavel, and Rowan Flint, a widowed stonecutter who listens with his whole body and teaches the mountain to sing without romance or lies. And there's a mirror-cracked, opinionated-that keeps suggesting Snow step closer to the person she's becoming.Wry, warm, and wise, Snow White's Second Husband is a fairy tale about midlife reinvention, found family, and the everyday heroism of showing up. If you love Katherine Addison's tender communities, T. Kingfisher's practical magic, or Becky Chambers' kind futures, this novel will hand you a star sticker for your heart and a rule you'll want to keep: we keep each other.