Black Woods, Blue Sky
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Eowyn Ivey
Where there is wonder, there is love - an unforgettable story of the beauty and savagery of the Alaskan wilderness, from the author of the million-copy international bestseller, The Snow Child.'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 TrainBirdie'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 tables, but Emaleen never goes hungry. 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 will feel truly at one with nature. Here she, and Emaleen, will learn the whole, fearful truth about Arthur.
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Author
Eowyn Ivey
Pages
320
Publisher
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Published Date
2025-02-04
ISBN
1472279069 9781472279064
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"**3.5, rounded up
My first Eowyn Ivey book, and it likely will not be the last. The prose in this book is incredible, it's authentic, and it's hard not to love. Overall, I did like the story, although the ending got way darker than I expected it to and there were a couple of questions that I wanted answers that I never got, although I can suspend my disbelief on some things because of the genre.
This book, however, took me FOREVER to finish. I guess I just found that I was never really that invested in what happened to anyone in the story, and I didn't really feel the urge to continue once I put it down. I understand the full cycle of having Emaleen come back to the cabin when she graduated college, but the ending didn't really feel fulfilling to me.
Still, I did enjoy it, and I probably will read another book by Ivey in the future.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review."
C C
Charlie Coward
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