The Snow Child
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The Snow Child

by Eowyn Ivey

2012•Myth/fairytale•389 pages

Taste attributes: myth/fairytalefantasydramafamilyslowfresh & originalwholesomeheavyimaginarylinearglossyemotive & stirringunlikely connectionscomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, polished myth retelling, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like polish over grit.

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4.0 / 5

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About This Book

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.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

Myth/fairytaleFantasyDramaFamilyUnlikely connectionsComplex relationshipHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Subjects

Fairy talesFrontier and pioneer lifeAdaptationsHistoryMagic realismAlaskaAmerikanisches Englisch

Details

Author
Eowyn Ivey
Published
2012
Pages
389
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