{"id":2946,"date":"2017-03-31T19:30:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T14:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=2946"},"modified":"2020-04-04T19:50:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T14:20:44","slug":"snow-child-eowyn-ivey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/snow-child-eowyn-ivey\/","title":{"rendered":"The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey – Atmospheric and Magical Tale set in Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mabel and Jack are a childless couple. They move to the untamed Alaskan wilderness to start a new life and run away from their grief. Then, a magical child intrudes into their lives.<\/p>\n
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The Snow Child<\/em> is one of the most difficult novels to review. I enjoyed the novel so much, that I don\u2019t think this review would convey my deepest feelings about the book. To take the easy way out, here is a quote. If you would like to read a whole novel with quotes like this, you would find this to be a wonderful companion to your nightstand reading pile.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAll her life she believed in something more, in the mystery that shapeshifted at the edge of her senses. It was the flutter of moth-wings on glass and the promise of river nymphs in the dappled creek beds. It was the smell of oak trees on the summer evening she fell in love, and the way dawn threw itself across the cow pond and turned water to light.\u201d<\/em<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wasn\u2019t that quote just beautiful? The Snow Child is based on a Russian fairy tale, The Snow Maiden. Mabel who has read the story of the snow maiden as a child, immediately sees the connection to the strange blonde haired child (who goes by the name Faina) with a red fox, who intrudes into their lives, the day after Mabel and Jack build a girl of snow outside their cabin.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n