Black Woods, Blue Sky: A magical story of love and survival from the Sunday Times best selling author of The Snow Child
(Paperback)
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Published: 13th May 2025
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Published: 11th February 2025
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Published: 4th February 2025
Publishing Details
Black Woods, Blue Sky: A magical story of love and survival from the Sunday Times best selling author of The Snow Child
By (Author) Eowyn Ivey
Headline Publishing Group
Tinder Press
11th February 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales
Physical Properties
Paperback
320
Width 152mm, Height 232mm, Spine 26mm
400g
Description
A heartstopping and beautifully original reworking of Beauty and the Beast set in contemporary Alaska, from the internationally bestselling author of The Snow Child.
'I read with my heart in my mouth, filled with wonder' Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry'Dazzling and moving' Tiffany McDaniel, author of Betty 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.Reviews
No one writes like Eowyn Ivey. Her voice is as enchanting as it is original and Bear Story may be her best novel yet. A compelling story of love and forgiveness, it is also a page turner, creating a sense of foreboding in the vast Alaskan landscape that Ivey evokes with such passion and precision -- Geraldine Brooks, author of YEAR OF WONDERS and HORSE
Written with love for the Alaskan landscape, Bear Story is a dazzling and moving journey into the reaches of the wilderness and the reaches of the human heart. Ivey's prose is pure and authentic, drawing you in to the richness of these characters and their lives. This one will stay with you." -- Tiffany McDaniel, author of BETTY and ON THE SAVAGE SIDE
What a book - I am still enthralled and haunted. Bear Story is a fable about what it is to love, a tale of longing, a call to renew our deepest bonds with the living world. It will draw you along like a fast moving stream, and you will find yourself in places you have never been -- Louise Erdrich, author of THE NIGHTWATCHMAN and THE ROUND HOUSE
Author Bio
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.
