Eowyn Ivey

Set again in the Alaskan landscape that she bought to stunningly vivid life in THE SNOW CHILD (a Sunday Times bestseller, Richard and Judy pick and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), Eowyn Ivey's TO THE BRIGHT EDGE OF THE WORLD is a breathtaking story of discovery set at the end of the nineteenth century, sure to appeal to fans of A PLACE CALLED WINTER. Lieutenant Colonel Allen Forrester receives the commission of a lifetime when he is charged to navigate Alaska's hitherto impassable Wolverine River, with only a small group of men. The Wolverine is the key to opening up Alaska and its rich natural resources to the outside world, but previous attempts have ended in tragedy. Forrester leaves behind his young wife, Sophie, newly pregnant with the child he had never expected to have. Adventurous in spirit, Sophie does not relish the prospect of a year in a military barracks while her husband carves a path through the wilderness. What she does not anticipate is that their year apart will demand every ounce of courage and fortittude of her that it does of her husband.

Set in the Alaskan landscape that she bought to stunningly vivid life in THE SNOW CHILD (a Sunday Times bestseller, Richard and Judy pick and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), Eowyn Ivey's TO THE BRIGHT EDGE OF THE WORLD is a breathtaking story of discovery set at the end of the nineteenth century, sure to appeal to fans of A PLACE CALLED WINTER. Lieutenant Colonel Allen Forrester receives the commission of a lifetime when he is charged to navigate Alaska's hitherto impassable Wolverine River, with only a small group of men. The Wolverine is the key to opening up Alaska, and its rich natural resources, to the outside world, but previous attempts have ended in tragedy. Forrester leaves behing his young wife, Sophie, newly pregnant with the child he had never expected to have. Adventurous in spirit, Sophie does not relish the prospect of a year in a military barracks, while her husband carves out a path through the wilderness. What she does not anticipate is that their year apart will demand every ounce of courage and fortitude of her that it does of her husband.

Una historia conmovedora sobre el amor, la ilusión, las segundas oportunidades y la capacidad de creer, ambientada en los silenciosos bosques nevados de Alaska, un país tan bello como duro, tan desafiante como inspirador. Jack y Mabel han viajado hasta Alaska, ese paisaje hermoso y extremo de inviernos crudos y veranos bañados en luz, dispuestos a iniciar una nueva vida. Lejos de parientes y amigos; lejos de la tumba de su unico hijo, que murio al nacer. Pero las cosas no son faciles en la agreste Alaska y un año despues Mabel se enfrenta al inminente invierno, sin saber si podra soportar los largos meses de nieve y silencio que la acechan desde las cumbres. Jack, por su parte, se siente derrotado por esa tierra hostil que labra penosamente y que no concede nada sin esfuerzo. Ambos estan a punto de renunciar a su sueño. Una vez mas, la vida parece haberlos vencido# Hasta que una noche, maravillados ante la primera nevada del año, Jack y Mabel se olvidan de sus problemas y hacen un muñeco de nieve al que visten con una bufanda y unos guantes de lana. A la mañana siguiente, el muñeco se ha fundido, las prendas de ropa han desaparecido y en la nieve pueden verse unas diminutas pisadas que se internan en el bosque. Pertenecen a Faina,