This was such a hope-bringing book. I loved it, the story, the characters, the plot, the setting... Alaska seems to me a cruel country and yet I can imagine people falling in love with it, because it must be beautiful and breath-taking (perhaps even sublime).
I am really glad I read this book.
Other opinions/reviews:
JoV's Book Pyramid: http://bibliojunkie.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/the-snow-child-by-eowyn-ivey/
Reading Matters: http://kimbofo.typepad.com/readingmatters/2013/02/the-snow-child-by-eowyn-ivey.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FIZXS+%28Reading+Matters%29