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Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child
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All her life she had believed in something more, in the mystery that shape-shifted 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 the water to light.
Eowyn Ivey (The Snow Child)
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– Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child
#book quote of the day#eowyn ivey#the snow child#fairy tale retelling#Christmas reading#cozy reads#Alaskan wilderness#historical fiction#winter aesthetic#book quotes#book recommendations
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Day 11- The Call of the Wild
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“There, along her delicate rib cage…there, against her beating heart…there, he was lost.”
Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child
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It was beautiful, Mabel knew, but it was a beauty that ripped you open and scored you clean so that you were left helpless and exposed, if you lived at all.
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
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"Between Science's measuring and my God's condemning, I find no room for the Soul." - To The Bright Edge of The World, Eowyn Ivey
Where does the soul reside
When such inhospitable soils
Squash its élans
Where can it soar, expand
Spread its wings in ways that enable it
To touch another
To fulfill its star-dipped essence
To rejoin its separated-at-Big-Bang neighbors in fusion
I write this knowing what I hope for:
that the souls that I have felt close to so far
- Some still here,
some too long departed -
I will be close to again some place
Out of time
Out of space
Into expansive light
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The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
A couple craft a life for themselves in the wilds of Alaska but long for a child - and then miraculously, one appears. But who is she?
There is something of the fairytale and myth about Eowyn Ivey’s books which I am innately drawn to and The Snow Child encapsulates this feeling of the magic and the mysterious unknowns in the world around us to great effect, with Jack and Mabel’s life in the Alaskan wilderness. Ivey teeters just this side of the credible to craft a story of longing, hardship, friendship, loss and magic.
Mabel…
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The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey
A retelling of the Russian fairy tale set in Alaska in the 1920s.
Mabel and Jack are struggling through their first winter on their new homestead in the Alaskan wilderness. After the devastating loss of a stillborn child, Mabel remains in the grip of a depression she can't shake off even a decade later, and she and Jack feel disconnected in their marriage.
All of that slowly begins to change with the first snowfall of the season. After Jack and Mabel impulsively build a little snow girl in front of their cabin, they wake the next morning to find it gone, along with the scarf and mittens they put on it. Soon after, they spot a little girl in the woods who seems to have no family to take care of her and no home to return to. Gradually, they gain the girl's trust, learn her name, and come to think of her as their own, though she never stays long and always returns to the wildness of the woods.
Reading this book feels like walking through a deep blanket of snow while watching fresh flakes drifting gently around you. It's slow-paced, steady, and quiet; lonely at times, beautiful, and a reminder of all the good things you have to go home to. It's the perfect book to read on a Saturday morning after a snowstorm when the world looks like a winter wonderland, and a thoughtful reimagining of a classic story. The landscape is harsh and the weather unforgiving, but the human experience is unifying and heartwarming.
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Libro 3 -La niña de Nieve - Eowyn Ivey
21 de Enero 2023 -na historia conmovedora sobre el amor, la ilusión, las segundas oportunidades y la capacidad de creer, ambientada en los silenciosos bosques nevados de Alaska, un país tan bello como duro, tan desafiante como inspirador.
Jack y Mabel han viajado hasta Alaska, ese paisaje hermoso y extremo de inviernos crudos y veranos bañados en luz, dispuestos a iniciar una nueva vida. Lejos de parientes y amigos; lejos de la tumba de su único hijo, que murió al nacer.
Pero las cosas no son fáciles en la agreste Alaska y un año después Mabel se enfrenta al inminente invierno, sin saber si podrá soportar los largos meses de…
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Cowardice, sickly yellow thing, I found you like worms writhing beneath an overturned rock – I peeled back my self and beheld you at my core where a shining soul should have been.
from To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
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The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
I'd wanted to read this book for years, and winter seemed like the perfect season to do it (of course). I regret waiting so long: it's a beautifully written book. If you're familiar with the fairytale it's inspired by, it's even more of a treat. It's a bittersweet story, and the bittersweet tone is present throughout this retelling. I really enjoyed it.
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– Eowyn Ivey, The Snow Child
#book quote of the day#Eowyn Ivey#The Snow Child#fairy tale retelling#1920s#winter reading#cozy reads#historical fiction#the snow maiden#Snegurochka#book quotes#book recommendations
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Okay two things
Would you ever write a fairytale retelling that was set in Regency times? Incorporating the cultural expectations etc of Austen’s universe?
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Have you ever read The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey? I thought of you bc it’s a Russian fairytale retelling and is set in 1900s Alaska. It was fascinating but there’s some adult-ish content (mostly implied). I’d be so curious to hear your thoughts on it.
I'd probably do a retelling in a fantasy universe heavily inspired by the Regency period, but historical fiction intimidates me so much that I'm not sure I'd have the courage to try to write something historically accurate. Maybe one day research won't intimidate me, and my perfectionism would ease up enough to lower my standards for accuracy, but I don't see it happening soon.
I have seen The Snow Child a lot on retelling lists, and it has seemed intriguing (especially in winter), but I've so far avoided it out of a vague suspicion of that adult content. So unfortunately, I have no commentary to give.
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Last song: Dire Dire Docks, Super Mario 64. n64 music helps me to relax lol
Song stuck in my head: Three Nil // Slipknot
Currently watching: uhh no shows currently, sorry yall
Favorite Colors: Black and red, then pink and brown :] i like warm colorz
Currently Reading: To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey! great book, haven't finished yet but i love it
Currently craving: a fucking break lol... oh, and coffee
Last movie: Roman Holiday. good classic flick, i liked
Sweet, Spicy or Savory: sweet! i'm a sucker for sweet things
Relationship Status: single and happy :D
Current Obsession: my stories and ocs will always be an ongoing and everlasting obsession for me, but besides that? probably saw 2004
Last Thing Googled: salicylic acid for pimple treatment
Three Favorite Foods: sushi (and any other chinese food), seafood and anything made out of or including potatoes lol
Dream Trip: England, Scotland and France :D
Anything you want right now: to go to somewhere cold, quiet and desolate where i can truly be left alone for a while...
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She looked directly up into the Northern Lights and she wondered if those cold-burning specters might not draw her breath, her very soul, out of her chest and into the stars.
~Eowyn Ivey~
#Aurora Borealis#Northern Lights#nature#sky#dancing lights#Mother Nature's palate#nature's art#wow#amazing#stunning#beauty
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