The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Little, Brown & Company
Eowyn Ivey,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Little, Brown & Company
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Format: ebook
ASIN: 9780316175678
Publish date: 01-02-2012
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Edition language: English
bookshelves: alaska, cover-love, debut, radio-4, period-piece, north-americas, spring-2012 Read from March 30 to April 15, 2012 SnegurochkaAt the halfway point this is doing for 2012 what The Tiger's Wife did for me in 2011.blurb - Jack and Mabel hope that a fresh start in 'Alaska, our newest h...
4.5 stars.“We never know what is going to happen, do we? Life is always throwing us this way and that. That’s where the adventure is. Not knowing where you’ll end up or how you’ll fare. It’s all a mystery, and when we say any different, we’re just lying to ourselves. Tell me, when have you felt most...
This is one of those novels that succeed in large part because of the atmosphere and the care that goes into crafting characters. Mabel and Jack is a childless older couple who move to Alaska to find a new life. They are also coming to terms with their own grief and loneness. One day, they notice...
there once lived a woman and an old man. They lived in harmony and friendship. Everything would have been fine, had it not been for the great sorrow—the old couple had no children." "what about it, old woman, let's make a daughter out of snow." the old man proposed. "Let's," the old woman replied....
A magical story that was like real life. Happiness and sadness both at the same time. This book also takes a look at depression and old age.