Light on Snow - Anita Shreve

I came across this book when rooting through a bag of books my aunt had set out for going to the charity shop. She told me to pick out any and this was one that caught my eye! I hadn't heard of Anita Shreve before but the blurb on the back of the book appealed to me. After reading this, however, I would be tempted to look out for others by her. The story is told in first person, and also in present tense, which is sometimes tricky to pull off but I found it believeable and easy to read. The main character is Nicky, who is now 30 but at the time of the story was 12. I think this is why the present tense works so well; she is recounting each event as it comes to ...  Read the complete review

Anita Shreve is an author that I enjoy, so I chose Light on Snow from some books my daughter was lending me for my holiday reading. Anita Shreve has written several brilliant novels and this was described as her most powerful novel. The Independent on Sunday wrote "that it touches the very deepest human emotions.....perceptive, gripping and ultimately exhilarating, this is a very fine book indeed." It is set in a country area in New England, in winter time, just before Christmas and written by Nicky looking back to when she was 12 years old and her father had left his job and their home and moved to a house miles from anyone when he lost ...  Read the complete review

On one of my many book hunting trips to my local charity shop this book caught my eye, mainly due to it's interesting cover of half the face of a young girl, so I checked out the write up on the back and I saw it was definately one to add to my collection and I'm glad I did. Plot - The story of Light on snow is told from the perspective of a 12 year old girl called Nicky, who along with her father moved from Massachusetts to a small farm in New England after the death of her mother and baby sister in a tragic car accident. Her father left his high powered job in the city to move to New England and make furniture from the trees on the land ...  Read the complete review

I've just finished reading this book as recommended by a friend, and I've really enjoyed it. The book tells the story of a 12-year-old girl called Nicole, who moves to New England with her father following the tragic death in a car accident of her mother & baby sister. They have bought a house in the forest away from the nearest town, & her father takes her out snow-shoeing one evening when they make a shocking discovery in the woodland of a new-born baby wrapped in a sleeping bag. The baby is still alive, so they rush her to the nearest hospital & so begins the main plot of the book. The author writes the novel in the present tense, ...  Read the complete review