The Snow Child
Author: Eowyn Ivey
Rating: â 4/5
Date Read: 2013/10/15
Pages: 386
The Snow Child is beautiful fairy tale for adults. Itâs based on a Russian story: an old couple who are unable to have children of their own create a child out of snow, and she comes to life.
This really wasnât what I was expecting; in fact, it was much better than I thought it would be. Eowyn Iveyâs writing (can we just take a second to reflect on how awesome Iveyâs parents are for naming her Eowyn?) evokes the snowy appeal of the Alaskan frontier in a way that reminded me of [a:Willa Cather|881203|Willa Cather|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1287462696p2/881203.jpg]âs Nebraska in [b:O Pioneers!|77942|O Pioneers!|Willa Cather|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1347989298s/77942.jpg|467254]. The characters are so real that it didnât need the conceit of the snow child, although the magical realism only adds to the story.
I definitely recommend this. Itâs a quick read, although I tried to read it in smaller doses so it would go by more slowly. And now, I canât wait for the first snow of winter to fall.
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