The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
My enjoyment rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
Hangover rating: 4
Source: Personal copy
Genre: Literary fiction
Objectionable material: None
Is she real? Is she not? A child conceived of snow?
After creating a "snowman" on their Alaskan farm, Jack and Mable are left to wonder if the child they see on their frontier wearing Mabel's homemade clothing, is a blessing or a fantasy.
What a marvelous novel!
Steeped in glorious storytelling tradition author, Eowyn Ivey, has created an Alaska where only a special girl like Faina could exist.
It was a delight to read and I was completely immersed in the richness of the narrative and the descriptions of the hearty landscape, where families survived by trapping, farming and all manner of early frontier life.
The relationship between Jack and Mable was complex, yet tender. Two souls who longed for a family, and receive one in the end, but certainly not the way they expected.
And Faina -- she was everything you'd expect from a sprite, and more.
This was a special novel -- and one our book club adored.
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