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Ivey takes readers on an emotional literary journey that includes touches of magic woven throughout and the question of whether love is enough to change someone. Recommended for book discussion picks.
An outstanding follow-up to Ivey's Pulitzer finalist debut, The Snow Child, World is an essential, enlightening acquisition for all historical fiction collections. ["The personal nature and the immediacy of the writing puts the reader in the heart of the story, allowing one to become a participant rather than a mere observer": LJ Xpress Reviews 7/22/16 starred review of the Little, Brown hc; a 2016 LJ Top Ten Best Book.]
Ivey's first novel, The Snow Child (a lovely retelling of an old Russian folk tale), was a runaway hit, an international best seller, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her second work is even better! [See Prepub Alert, 2/8/16.]
In this evocative retelling of a Russian folk tale set in 1920 Alaska, a childless East Coast couple finds an unexpected blessing while homesteading in the unforgiving wilderness...