Helpful Score: 1
As there are already a few reviews which tell the story, I will not. Ivey's writing is flawless. If every author has a single story, this one flows effortlessly and I did not want to put the book down. My 14 yr. old daughter also read it, as I found nothing that was age inappropriate.
As someone who has wintered in rural Maine, I enjoyed reading about one room in Alaska, for long....winters, warmed only with a wood stove with just each other for company, but alone so much of the time. Someone explained them as an older couple, but to put it in modern perspective, at the beginning of the book they were probably not yet 40. In that time period, she would have been considered a bit of a failure, or at best weak not to have any children. I could feel Mabel's heart and enjoyed her neighbor friend, all characters were well fleshed.
As someone who has wintered in rural Maine, I enjoyed reading about one room in Alaska, for long....winters, warmed only with a wood stove with just each other for company, but alone so much of the time. Someone explained them as an older couple, but to put it in modern perspective, at the beginning of the book they were probably not yet 40. In that time period, she would have been considered a bit of a failure, or at best weak not to have any children. I could feel Mabel's heart and enjoyed her neighbor friend, all characters were well fleshed.
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