The Snow Child

A story of longing and loss set in the Alaskan wilderness. Childless older homesteaders are visited by a 10 yr old child. But only in winter. Is she real? Is she a figment of their longing for a child? We get a clear view of life in the wilderness and the challenges it creates. Their mutual love blossoms slowly and matures into a deep connection.

I thoroughly enjoyed the The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Since finishing it, there are descriptive scenes which have stayed with me and I thought about repeatedly. I love old fairy tales and I love the idea of taking a children's story and turning it into a novel. I loved the passages about the landscape and I found the characters to be as deep and full as the Alaskan snows they endured. I highly recommend this book to readers who are interested i...read more

A well written book, just not my taste

This was beautifully written. I loved Ivey's descriptions of the snowy landscapes of 1920s Alaska and the insight into how hard those early settlers had to work to succeed on their homesteads. I also enjoyed the fantastical element of the story and how, until the very end, one is always questioning which reality is actually real.