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“She Always Keeps a Part of Herself a Mystery”

To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey

July 30, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: Reading the TBR The Snow Child was in my top five reads the year I read it.  Given that, it seems like I should have run out to read Ivey’s follow up, but I didn’t even get the Kindle version of it until January 2018, and then didn’t get around to reading it until this week.  I’m not sure if I was hesitant after the magic of The Snow Child, or if I was worried about being emotionally gutted by this one as […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: 19th century frontier, alaskan frontier, cbr11bingo, Eowyn Ivey, expedition, magical realism, Reading the TBR, to the bright edge of the world

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: 19th century frontier, alaskan frontier, cbr11bingo, Eowyn Ivey, expedition, magical realism, Reading the TBR, to the bright edge of the world ·
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Loneliness and magic in the Alaskan wilderness.

May 4, 2017 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

I love modern takes on fairy tales, so this seemed like a good bet. We’re in the Alaskan frontier in the 1920s.  Homesteaders from Pennsylvania Mable and Jack have set out for a new life together–they can’t have children, and they need a new scene. Their second winter in Alaska is harsh, cold, and miserable, but during one evening of lightheartedness, they build a little girl out of snow. The next morning, there’s no snow child left, but they do see a little girl wearing the same scarf and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Eowyn Ivey, the snow child

Fiat.Luxury's CBR9 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Eowyn Ivey, the snow child ·
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A Fairy Tale in the Alaska Wilderness

June 12, 2016 by Sophia 2 Comments

The Snow Child (2012) by Eowyn Ivey is a book I had never heard of and wouldn’t have chosen to read if it weren’t for my book club. In fact, after reading the description, I was dreading it: “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 […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Alaska, Eowyn Ivey, Sophia

Sophia's CBR8 Review No:22 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Alaska, Eowyn Ivey, Sophia ·
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