by Eowyn Ivey
“No warm blood in me doth glow, Water in my veins doth flow; Yet I’ll laugh and sing and playB y frosty night and frosty day– Little daughter of the Snow. "But whenever I do know That you love me little, then I shall melt away again. Back into the sky I’ll go– Little daughter of the Snow.” - An...
Loved it
Once upon a time there lived a childless old couple... This is not an uncommon beginning to folk tales, a simple introductory line which can (and in Eowyn Ivey's The Snow Child does) condense into a few simple words the years of pain, sadness, and intense longing for something that nature refused...
This was such a hope-bringing book. I loved it, the story, the characters, the plot, the setting... Alaska seems to me a cruel country and yet I can imagine people falling in love with it, because it must be beautiful and breath-taking (perhaps even sublime). I am really glad I read this book.Othe...
I was between a 3 and a 4 for this book. I was unsure if I "really liked it" but it is much better than other books I've marked three stars. It is beautifully written, but there was something about the story that always seemed just beyond my grasp. I think all said and done, the story ambles. Years ...
I loved……The back story, why they were in Alaska to begin with was heartbreaking. Know that it isn’t a quick story, rather it’s slow and filled with emotions that could be hard and then soft then funny then good. The story stretches over a pretty long period … and in this period, I saw how each of t...
131 holds on first copy returned of 24 copies I think I'll be waiting for the library copy just a bit.
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