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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,... read more

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  • Mabel: wife of Jack
  • Faina: Snow Child.
  • Jack: Mabel's husband
  • Esther Benson: Dear friend and nearest neighbor of Jack and Mabel
  • George Benson: Esther's husband and dear friend of Mabel and Jack
  • Garrett Benson: Youngest son of Esther and George
  • Jay: Child
  • Jackson: Garrett's horse
  • Danny: A local man who carried around a nasty-smelling burlap bag filled with—well, let’s just say the less-than-desirable parts of grizzly bears. He swore you could brew a tea with it that would improve your love life.
  • Joseph Maurice: Owner of the general store in town.
  • Boyd: A local trapper who gave Garret his marten line when deciding to retire down to San Francisco.
  • Mr. Palmer: ran the local store
  • Mr. Arthur Ransome: a student at the university that had found the book Snegurochka
  • Sam McGee: Add a description of this character.
  • Betty: ran the local cafe
  • Ada: Mabel's sister from back east
  • Bill
  • Snegurochka: Russian book "Snow Maiden"
  • Roy: Betty's husband
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  • “You did not have to understood miracles to believe in them, and in fact Mabel had come to suspect the opposite. To believe, perhaps you had to cease looking for explanations and instead hold the little thing in your hands as long as you were able before it slipped like water between your fingers.”
  • “"It's going to be fine, Mabel. We're just going to have to rough it here for a few more hours. Then light'll come, and we'll find our way."”
  • “"Dear, sweet Mabel," she said. We never know what is going to happen, do we? Life is always throwing us this way and that. That's where the adventure is. Not knowing where you'll end up or how you'll fare. It's all a mystery, and when we say any different, we're just lying to ourselves."”

First Sentence edit see section history

Mabel had known there would be silence.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in Good Reading: Best Books of 2012. (authoritative list)
This is book 9 of 10 in Amazon.com Best Books of February (2012). (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Eowyn Ivey (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: February 1, 2012
ISBN: 0316175676
Page Count: 400

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