The Snow Child
By Eowyn Ivey
- Release Date: 2012-02-01
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Description
In this magical debut, a couple's lives are changed forever by the arrival of a little girl, wild and secretive, on their snowy doorstep.
Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart -- he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone -- but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees.
This little girl, who calls herself Faina, seems to be a child of the woods. She hunts with a red fox at her side, skims lightly across the snow, and somehow survives alone in the Alaskan wilderness. As Jack and Mabel struggle to understand this child who could have stepped from the pages of a fairy tale, they come to love her as their own daughter. But in this beautiful, violent place things are rarely as they appear, and what they eventually learn about Faina will transform all of them.
Reviews
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5By FeetyPJsExcellent read. Enjoyed the characters and snowy settingExcellent!
5By jkolmen50266This was an exciting, interesting, intriguing story that kinda reminded me of the Laura ingalls wilder books I read as a child only this was set in Alaska. The ending was happy and sad but was satisfying all the same.Magical
5By Bodhiboy65Deeply moving and mysterious.An Extraordinary Book
5By Reads-at-nightThe writing is lyrical. The characters are well drawn. The setting is magnificent. And the story . . . I really don’t have words. I sobbed at the end, not because it was sad, but because the emotions it evoked were too strong to be contained.Beautiful and sad ....
4By Rika1974So easy to read, such a beautiful story, and so well written. But truly very sad.magical, lyrical, haunting
5By SarakimmOne of the most beautiful and unique books I’ve ever read. I never wanted it to end. The imagery, the story, and the beautiful, beautiful writing held me captive.The Snow Child
5By ChristieVIGreat read!Captivating
4By Dr.Mrs.AfiWhat a lovely story. I was captivated by the scenery and dialogue and characters. I felt as if I was in cold, snowy Alaska. With every chapter, it read as a fairytale and a true story, at once.Captivating
5By LoriDarlinOnce you start you will not put this down , i have not finished a book in a long long time .. the Snow Child was recommended by my mother and her book club .... What a great storyamazing.
5By lauren038292828I read this book in one sitting, and I don't often do that. I couldn't sleep without finishing it. It is a heart warming story that makes you think. I felt as if I were really in Alaska with Jack and Mabel. Beautifully written.
