Black Woods, Blue Sky

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 Train Birdie''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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Eowyn Ivey is the author of The Snow Child, an international bestseller published in thirty countries, a Richard and Judy Bookclub pick, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and winner of a British Book Award. Her second novel, To the Bright Edge of the World, was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award, and was a Washington Post Notable Book. She is a former bookseller and lives in Palmer, Alaska.

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'A 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 Train

Six-year-old Emaleen loves standing at the edge of the forest in Alaska, imagining the creatures that might be watching her through the spruce trees.
Her mother, Birdie, waits tables at a roadside lodge, and struggles to support them both in a tough town.
When Arthur comes to the lodge, everything changes. Birdie is drawn to his deep knowledge of the land, his gentle nature - and the promise of a new life for herself and Birdie, in his isolated cabin in the mountains.
It's just the three of them in the vast black woods, far from the outside world. But soon Emaleen discovers that Arthur is something much more mysterious than she could have ever imagined, and that like wilderness itself, a fairy tale can be as dark as it is beautiful.

'An enthralling storyteller' New York Times Book Review

'Sit down, grab a warm drink, and explore beautiful Alaska. You won't regret it' Vogue

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