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01777aam a2200397 a 4500 001 6F105F8C563C11E2B1372EA0DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130104010021 008 121029s2012 nyu b 000 1 eng d 020 $a 0316175668 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780316175661 (pbk.) 040 $a TnLvILS $c TnLvILS $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ak 050 4 $a PS3609.V54 $b S66 2012c 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Ivey, Eowyn. 245 14 $a The snow child : $b a novel / $c Eowyn Ivey. 246 3 $a Snowchild 250 $a 1st Reagan Arthur/Back Bay pbk. ed. 260 $a New York : $b Reagan Arthur/Back Bay, $c 2012. 300 $a 391, 15 p. ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a Copyright date 2012. 500 $a "A Reagan Arthur book." 520 $a "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, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone--but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees"--Provided by publisher. 500 $a Includes a reading group guide. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 390). 650 0 $a Frontier and pioneer life $z Alaska $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Fairy tales $v Adaptations. 651 0 $a Alaska $x History $y 1867-1959 $v Fiction. 655 0 $a Magic realism (Literature) 655 0 $a Historical fiction. 941 $a 3 952 $l WFPC115 $d 20231012091602.0 952 $l VQPC384 $d 20180320123611.0 952 $l EJPD605 $d 20150519182638.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6F105F8C563C11E2B1372EA0DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search