Okay. Readable. Very movie-of-the-week-ish. ( )

2006

A simply written and compulsive read and didn't take long to whizz through. One of the books that has been on my shelf waiting patiently to be read. I am so glad I took time out to read this one. Has been recommended many a time by friends ( )

baby left to die in woods. Mother and sister killed in car accident. ( )

Light on Snow is told in the present, but shifts the point of view from 12-year-old Nicky Dillion to an all-grown-up Nicky. Still grieving the death of her mother and baby sister in a car accident, Nicky is moved to an isolated town in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, uprooted by her father, Robert, who could no longer hack being a city architect and becomes a recluse furniture maker. While snowshoeing, the two discover a baby left for dead in the snow, and they rush the infant to a nearby hospital. Emotions and tensions rise when the baby’s 19-year-old mother arrives at their home and is forced to stay with Nicky and her dad due to heavy snow. Having just lost his own baby, Robert questions how the mother could leave her baby for dead and must grapple with whether or not to report her to the police when the weather improves. Meanwhile, Nicky must contend with a dad whose grief is so strong he’s not really there, and without another women in the house, she sort of takes to the young mother. It wasn’t Shreve’s best work, but the emotions surrounding the need for the Dillon’s to rebuild their family after their loss and the conflicting feelings toward the baby’s mother make it an interesting read. ( )