Eowyn Ivey

Motherhood by the Book is led by Claire, VB staffer, mother of a toddler, and stepmother of an adolescent.

The book group meets on the second Sunday of every month at 2pm on the mezzanine level, next to our poetry section and near the Book Fare Cafe, for an hour of spirited discussion of books that celebrate the trials, tribulations, and rewards of motherhood, and what it means to be a mother. This group is by no means exclusive to moms with kids still at home, but much of the selection may be geared toward issues that those moms face. We will read fiction, non-fiction, and parenting books.

Sun, Dec 8, 2pm

The snow child by Eowyn Ivey

Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart. 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.

Location: Street: 1200 11th St City: Bellingham, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98225-7015 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

BOOK PICK: The snow child by Eowyn Ivey

During today's meeting we will discuss the novel, pick next month's read, enjoy some snacks and drinks, AND enter for chances to win free books!

Location: Street: 106 N 2nd Ave Additional: City: Alpena , Province: Michigan Postal Code: 49707 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Join us for a reading group discussion of The snow child by Eowyn Ivey!

Left Bank Books - Downtown

Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. 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. But in this beautiful, violent place things are rarely as they appear, and what they eventually learn about Faina will transform all of them.

Location: Street: Left Bank Books - Downtown Additional: 321 N. 10th City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63101 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

The snow child by Eowyn Ivey

"If Willa Cather and Gabriel Garcia Marquez had collaborated on a book, The snow child would be it. It is a remarkable accomplishment -- a combination of the most delicate, ethereal, fairytale magic and the harsh realities of homesteading in the Alaskan wilderness in 1918. Stunningly conceived, beautifully told, this story has the intricate fragility of a snowflake and the natural honesty of the dirt beneath your feet, the unnerving reality of a dream in the night. It fascinates, it touches the heart. It gallops along even as it takes time to pause at the wonder of life and the world in which we live. And it will stir you up and stay with you for a long, long time."--Robert Goolrick, New York Times bestselling author of A Reliable Wife

We meet every 4th Tuesday. New members welcome!

Location: Street: 5501 N Lamar Blvd Additional: #A-105 City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78751-1029 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Snow child Quilt Show July 17 to September 3rd. The snow child by Eowyn Ivey, this year’s Deschutes County Library Novel Idea selection and winner of the PNBA Award, is one of the most assured debut novels I have read. The writing is haunting and beautiful; it updates a Russian fairytale to 1920’s Alaska. Mabel and Jack have tried to come to terms with being childless. They left their boisterous family behind on the east coast for the quiet loneliness of remote Alaska. Creating a farm out of this unforgiving land is a tough job for the young; it is hard, weary going for middle aged Mabel and Jack. Grasping for a moment of joy out of the first snowfall of the year, they build a snow girl in the yard. The next morning the snow is gone, but a blond girl, like a snow sprite, is glimpsed near the trees. They come to love the young girl as their own child, but you know fairy tales are not without danger. Sunriver’s talented quilters have created beautiful quilts representing the book. The quilts will be on display at Sunriver Books & Music through Labor Day. They are quite impressive, there is a hauntingly beautiful depiction of trees in falling snow against a dark background, very stark and beautiful, another quilt depicts a gorgeous red fox, a third quilt has scenes from the story against a brilliant blue background. And there are many more, all beautiful and representative of this award winning story. Please do stop by Sunriver Books & Music to view this impressive display. Here is information from the quilting guild. The Mountain Meadow Quilt Guild of Sunriver will hold its 25th annual Quilt Show and Sale on Saturday, August 3 at The Village in Sunriver from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm. More than 300 quilts will be displayed in a beautiful outdoor setting. Hundreds of hand made items will be for sale to benefit the guild’s educational programs and charities. There will be several special exhibits. From mid July until after Labor Day the exhibit of eleven quilts influenced by Eowyn Ivey’s Snow child will be displayed in Sunriver Books and Music. All of the quilts were made by MMQ members and were previously displayed at Quiltworks when Ivey visited Central Oregon as part of the Deschutes Public Library Foundations’ A Novel Idea, which is in the 10th year of the Read Together program. Each year, the foundation selects one book and the 2013 book is The snow child. For more information about other special exhibits, go to www.mtnmeadowquilters.org .

Location: Street: PO Box 1990 Additional: Sunriver Village Building 25C City: Sunriver, Province: Oregon Postal Code: 97707 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

The snow child by Eowyn Ivey

"If Willa Cather and Gabriel Garcia Marquez had collaborated on a book, The snow child would be it. It is a remarkable accomplishment -- a combination of the most delicate, ethereal, fairytale magic and the harsh realities of homesteading in the Alaskan wilderness in 1918. Stunningly conceived, beautifully told, this story has the intricate fragility of a snowflake and the natural honesty of the dirt beneath your feet, the unnerving reality of a dream in the night. It fascinates, it touches the heart. It gallops along even as it takes time to pause at the wonder of life and the world in which we live. And it will stir you up and stay with you for a long, long time."--Robert Goolrick, New York Times bestselling author of A Reliable Wife

We meet every 4th Tuesday. New members welcome!

Location: Street: 5501 N Lamar Blvd Additional: #A-105 City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78751-1029 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)