Overview
From the author of the international bestseller THE SNOW CHILD comes an heartstopping reworking of the Beauty and the Beast fairytale for the present day.
⭐ What readers are saying; ⭐
''I was blown away. Still haunting me days later'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
''It moved me to tears. My first top ten book of this year!'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
''Hauntingly beautiful. I would recommend this to anyone and everyone'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
''I read with my heart in my mouth, filled with wonder'' Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
''An enthralling novel about the endurance of love, the power of forgiveness and the savage, irresistible allure of wild places'' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train
Birdie''s keeping it together, of course she is. So she''s a little hungover on her shifts, and has to bring her daughter to the lodge while she waits never tables, but it''s a tough town to be a single mother, and Birdie just needs to get by.
And then Birdie meets Arthur, who is quieter than most men, but makes her want to listen; who is gentle with Emaleen, and understands Birdie''s fascination with the mountains in whose shadow they live. When Arthur asks Birdie and Emaleen to leave the lodge and make a home, just the three of them, in his off-grid cabin, Birdie''s answer, in a heartbeat, is yes.
Out in the wilderness Birdie''s days are harsher and richer than she ever imagined possible. Here she, and Emaleen, will learn the whole, fearful truth about Arthur.
Where there is wonder, there is love - a magical story of a family encountering the Alaskan wilderness from the author of the million-copy international bestseller, The Snow Child.
⭐ What readers are saying; ⭐
''I was blown away. Still haunting me days later'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
''It moved me to tears. My first top ten book of this year!'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
''Hauntingly beautiful. I would recommend this to anyone and everyone'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
''I read with my heart in my mouth, filled with wonder'' Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
''An enthralling novel about the endurance of love, the power of forgiveness and the savage, irresistible allure of wild places'' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train
Birdie''s keeping it together, of course she is. So she''s a little hungover on her shifts, and has to bring her daughter to the lodge while she waits never tables, but it''s a tough town to be a single mother, and Birdie just needs to get by.
And then Birdie meets Arthur, who is quieter than most men, but makes her want to listen; who is gentle with Emaleen, and understands Birdie''s fascination with the mountains in whose shadow they live. When Arthur asks Birdie and Emaleen to leave the lodge and make a home, just the three of them, in his off-grid cabin, Birdie''s answer, in a heartbeat, is yes.
Out in the wilderness Birdie''s days are harsher and richer than she ever imagined possible. Here she, and Emaleen, will learn the whole, fearful truth about Arthur.
- | Author: Eowyn Ivey
- | Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
- | Publication Date: Feb 04, 2025
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- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-13: 9781472279040
- | ISBN-10: 1472279042
