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Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
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I live in the town she wrote about.

Light on Snow
Anita Shreve
Manufacturer: Hachette Audio
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: 1586216376
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Book Description

A brilliant and beautiful contemporary novel about love and memory from the author of the bestselling novels All He Ever Wanted and The Pilots Wife.

The events of a December afternoon, during which a father and his daughter find an abandoned infant in the snow, will forever alter the 11-year-old girls understanding of the world and the adults who inhabit it: a father who has taken great pains to remove himself from society in order to put an unthinkable tragedy behind him; a young woman who must live with the consequences of the terrible choices she has made; and a detective whose cleverness is exceeded only by his sense of justice.

Written from the point of view of 30-year-old Nicky as she recalls the vivid images of that fateful December, her tale is one of love and courage, of tragedy and redemption, and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself.

Customer Reviews:

A Good Book.......2007-06-12

This was an enjoyable and easy book to read. Anita Shreve always does such a wonderful job of bringing her characters to life.

This story is narrated by twelve year old Nicky Dillon. She and her father live in a secluded town in New Hampshire. One afternoon while they are snowshoeing they find a baby who has been abandoned in the freezing cold.

Nicky can't stop thinking about what if...What if we had never moved here? What if we had decided to stay home that afternoon? What if they had never found the baby?

I thought the story was good and realistic. The story was engaging with an element of suspense to it. The characters were real and the dialog believable.

This was a good book but not as developed as Fortune's Rocks and not as suspenseful as The Pilot's Wife.

Overall a good read.

Light on Snow by Anita Shreve.......2007-06-02

Excellent, moving and beautifully written. Shares the young teenager's perspective of some very powerful life events extremely well.

Strongly recommend.

not impressed.......2007-04-12

This is the first novel I have read by this author and after reading it, I am not likely to read any thing else by her. I managed to finish the novel but it was more of a chore than a pleasure. It wasn't bad enough not to finish but I am sure am glad that I didn't purchase it. I would have wasted my money. I have a friend who likes to read as I do and we share/pass books to each other...this one, I don't think I will share.

Real-Life Descriptions.......2007-04-05

An unlikely family is set in a real-world place to deal with the tragedy of losing two family members. But their sadness doesn't keep them from helping a baby left behind their home.

I live in the town she wrote about. .......2007-03-30

Anne Shreve described Croydon NH almost to a tee. The roads in the winter, the one room school house, the church with it's steeple, Serenity Carpets and the fire department having bingo every Thursday night at 6:30 pm.

I bought this book without knowing it was about the town where I live. While reading Shreve's description made me think of how winter is here up in the mountains. It seemed so real, and then when I saw the description of the town of Shepard, I knew it was Croydon. It is an easy read. I read it in one night, however I was disapointed when the story ended.

I am hoping she makes a sequel, because I would like to find out what happened to the baby and I would really like to know which one of the fingers she lost.

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The best of all Anita Shreve

Light on Snow [Unabridged]
Anita Shreve
Manufacturer: Books on Tape
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette

Product Description

Unabridged. 6 hrs. 35 minutes. 5 cassettes.

Customer Reviews:

The best of all Anita Shreve.......2006-08-12

Should be required reading in school. A marvelous coming-of-age story. Characters you love and care about. Don't tell me it's predictable - it unfolds naturally and gracefully. Action starts in chapter one. I have heard many other Anita Shreve stories (I prefer audiobooks) but this one is a whole level above. Ms. Shreve uses symbolism and paints pictures with words that are indelible in my memory. Let this be known as Anita Shreve's best work.

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