In this captivating first novel, Ivey explores the life of Jack and Mabel, two homesteaders who have settled in the forbidding Alaskan wilderness of the 1920s. Childless and lonely, in a rare, playful moment they build a snow child. When the snow child disappears overnight, they begin to encounter a mysterious and beautiful little girl and her companion fox in the forest near their home. Based on a Russian fairy tale of the snow maiden or snegurochka, this enchanting story casts its spell upon the reader with the finely-drawn characters and lyrical prose which made it a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Readers of The Snow Child may also enjoy Ivey’s latest novel, To the Bright Edge of the World (2016).
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