The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Does anyone really belongs to you? If you think the children or spouses in this respect, child snow will stop you cold.

In 1920 Mabel and Jack settled along the Wolverine in Alaska. They hope the challenge homesteading in the wild will erase years of grief and give them a fresh start. Instead, they believe that work and the isolation policy. Reduce the difficulties of everyday life away at their spirits. Money is scarce. I hope dimmed. As the cold bites, each trying to survive in their own way.

After a fresh snow, build snow child at the time of much-needed levity. When they wake up the next morning the snow child is knocked down and knit gloves and a scarf draped on it are gone.

Jack sees a small girl runs in snow. When Mabel glimpses blonde girl, that unites them. Jack hunting elk to keep them from starving in the winter. When ready to give up, a magical girl appears and leads him to Los. Food for the winter is assured.

A little snow girl, Faina is cold lashes, Cool Blue stare, and is always accompanied by the red wolf. It looks otherworldly and Mabel and Jack find her appearance and disappearance disturbing. They are still trying to maintain contact with her, but she is still elusive. Faina dictate the terms on which the relationship grows. She brings them to the physical gifts, but most importantly it offers hope and love.

Writing in this enchanting book is beautiful. His direct simplicity reflects the austerity of Alaska atmosphere. The desert itself is an important sign. Jack reflects on the land flowing with milk and honey, which is to give the moose, caribou and bear. "What distinguishes the truth found. Alaska gave up anything easily. It was lean and indifferent to the wild man in a fight."

Only someone intimately familiar with Alaska can write so eloquently about her beauty and futility. This unique story masterfully contrasts the isolation and peace in the country with snow-covered beauty and joy found in simple life. Ms. Ivey aptly captures the mystique of the contrast compared to the reality of homesteading in Alaska in 1920.

Eowyn LeMay Ivey grew up in Alaska and lives there with his wife and children. She received a BA in journalism and a minor in creative writing honors program at Western Washington University and studied creative nonfiction at the University of Alaska Anchorage graduate program. She worked as an award-winning journalist at the newspaper frontiersman for nearly 10 years. Snow baby is her debut novel.