Cold Spell
With precise and evocative prose, Cold Spell tells the story of a mother who risks everything to start over and a daughter whose longings threaten to undo them both.
From the moment Ruth Sanders rips a glossy photo of a glacier from a magazine, she believes her fate is intertwined with the ice. Her unsettling fascination bewilders her daughter, sixteen-year-old Sylvie, still shaken by her father's leaving. When Ruth uproots Sylvie and her sister from their small Midwestern town to follow her growing obsession--and a man--to Alaska, they soon find themselves entangled with an unfamiliar wilderness, a divided community, and one another. As passions cross and braid, the bond between mother and daughter threatens to erode from the pressures of icy compulsion and exposed secrets.
Inspired by her own experience arriving by bush plane to live on the Alaska tundra, Deb Vanasse vividly captures the reality of life in Alaska and the emotional impact of loving a remote and unforgiving land.
From the moment Ruth Sanders rips a glossy photo of a glacier from a magazine, she believes her fate is intertwined with the ice. Her unsettling fascination bewilders her daughter, sixteen-year-old Sylvie, still shaken by her father's leaving. When Ruth uproots Sylvie and her sister from their small Midwestern town to follow her growing obsession--and a man--to Alaska, they soon find themselves entangled with an unfamiliar wilderness, a divided community, and one another. As passions cross and braid, the bond between mother and daughter threatens to erode from the pressures of icy compulsion and exposed secrets.
Inspired by her own experience arriving by bush plane to live on the Alaska tundra, Deb Vanasse vividly captures the reality of life in Alaska and the emotional impact of loving a remote and unforgiving land.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1602232423
ISBN13:9781602232426
Release Date:August 2014
Publisher:University of Alaska Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Customer Reviews
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Nature and sibiling rivalry combine for a hard to put dow
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This book is compelling in its magnetic description of the harshness and beauty of the Alaskan wilderness. It poses tough questions to its intended middle-school audience . Josh is more comfortable with the amenities of the modern world and his half brother Nathan , who favors himself as a modern - day Thoreau , are in constant conflict.Their father seems powerless to resolve his own or their problems . The story has adventure and suspense and is realistic in its portrayal of our all too human emotions.
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