Saturday, May 30, 2020

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

This is a lovely novel based on a Russian fairy tale.

1920's. A childless couple, Jack and Mabel, move to Alaska to escape the sadness of their baby's death. Unable to grieve together, they were drifting apart and hoped that homesteading in a beautiful and peaceful new place might bring them the healing they desperately seek.  

However, Mabel finds herself still in despair and lonely in their isolated cabin and Jack works continuously to ready themselves and the farm for the harsh winter to come.

During the first snowfall of the season, the couple finds themselves in a rare playfully mood and begin building not a snowman, but a snow child. 

The next day, the snow child is gone... but they soon begin catching glimpses of a young girl in the woods. A young girl alone in the Alaskan wilderness that hunts with a red fox....



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