Eowyn Ivey – författare

Birdie’s keeping it together; of course she is. So she’s a little hungover, sometimes, and she has to bring her daughter, Emaleen, to her job waiting tables at an Alaskan roadside lodge, but she’s getting by as a single mother in a tough town. Still, Birdie can remember happier times from her youth, when she was free in the wilds of nature. Arthur Neilsen, a soft-spoken and scarred recluse who appears in town only at the change of seasons, brings Emaleen back to safety when she gets lost in the woods. Most people avoid him, but to Birdie, he represents everything she’s ever longed for. She finds herself falling for Arthur and the land he knows so well. Against the warnings of those who care about them, Birdie and Emaleen move to his isolated cabin in the mountains, on the far side of the Wolverine River. It’s just the three of them in the vast black woods, far from roads, telephones, electricity, and outside contact, but Birdie believes she has come prepared. At first, it’s idyllic and she can picture a happily ever after: Together they catch salmon, pick berries, and climb mountains so tall it’s as if they could touch the bright blue sky. But soon Birdie discovers that Arthur is something much more mysterious and dangerous than she could have ever imagined, and that like the Alaska wilderness, a fairy tale can be as dark as it is beautiful. Black Woods, Blue Sky is a novel with life-and-death stakes, about the love between a mother and daughter, and the allure of a wild life—about what we gain and what it might cost us.

A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska, Eowyn Ivey''s THE SNOW CHILD was a top ten bestseller in hardback and paperback, and went on to be a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

''A story about finding love in unexpected places... full of fire and ice'' Financial Times''A magical, heartbreaking story'' Marie Claire''Stunning'' The Times

Alaska, the 1920s. Jack and Mabel have staked everything on a fresh start in a remote homestead, but the wilderness is a stark place, and Mabel is haunted by the baby she lost many years before. When a little girl appears mysteriously on their land, each is filled with wonder, but also foreboding: is she what she seems, and can they find room in their hearts for her?

Written with the clarity and vividness of the Russian fairy tale from which it takes its inspiration, The Snow Child is an instant classic.

Set in the Alaskan landscape that she brought to stunningly vivid life in THE SNOW CHILD (a Sunday Times bestseller 2012, 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.

*NOMINATED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2017*

''A clever, ambitious novel'' The Sunday Times

''Persuasive and vivid... Breathtaking'' Guardian

Winter 1885. Lieutenant Colonel Allen Forrester accepts the mission of a lifetime, to navigate Alaska''s Wolverine River. It is a journey that promises to open up a land shrouded in mystery, but there''s no telling what awaits Allen and his small band of men.

Allen leaves behind his young wife, Sophie, newly pregnant with the child he had never expected to have. Sophie would have loved nothing more than to carve a path through the wilderness alongside Allen - what she does not anticipate is that their year apart will demand every ounce of courage of her that it does of her husband.

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 TrainBirdie''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.

1920-luvun Alaskaan sijoittuva lukuromaani Lumilapsi on lumoava kuin talven ensilumi.

Alaska on julma paikka asua ja elää. Sen tietävät Jack ja Mabel, lapsettomuuttaan sureva uudisasukaspariskunta. He ovat ajautumassa erilleen - Jack raataa maatilalla perheen elatuksen vuoksi ja Mabel taistelee yksinäisyyttä ja epätoivoa vastaan. Ensilumen sataessa pitkän ja kylmän syksyn jälkeen hetkellinen ilo ja toivo saa heidät rakentamaan lumesta lapsen. Aamulla lumilapsi on poissa, mutta puiden lomassa näkyy pieniä jalanjälkiä ja vilahdus nutusta. Pariskunnan pihapiirissä alkaa liikkua metsän lapselta vaikuttava pieni tyttö. Hän kutsuu itseään Fainaksi. Faina elää yksin keskellä Alaskan villiä luontoa ja metsästää rinnallaan punainen kettu. Kun Jack ja Mabel oppivat ymmärtämään Fainaa, joka putkahtaa pariskunnan elämään kuin suoraan sadusta, he alkavat rakastaa tätä kuin omaa lastaan. Mutta kesyttömässä Alaskassa mikään ei ole sitä miltä näyttää. Totuus Fainasta muuttaa lopulta heidät kaikki.

Lumilapsi-kirjallaan ihastuttaneen Eowyn Iveyn toinen romaani herättää eloon Amerikan alkuperäisasukkaiden myytit ja Alaskan karun ja kauniin luonnon. Maailman kirkkaalle laidalle on kiehtova ja samalla hyytävä tarina rakkaudesta, seikkailusta ja selviytymisestä.

Lumilapsen kirjoittajan uusi, henkeäsalpaava romaani.

Everstiluutnantti Allen Forrester saa vuonna 1885 elämänsä mahdollisuuden, kun hänet määrätään johtamaan retkikunta Alaskan Wolverinejoen yläjuoksulle. Vaarallinen reitti on avain Alaskan luonnon valtaviin rikkauksiin, joiden kutsu houkuttaa seireenin lailla jokaista korpimaassa omaa onneaan etsivää. Kaikki yritykset kesyttää koskematon erämaa ovat kuitenkin tähän asti päättyneet traagisesti armottomien olosuhteiden edessä.

Forrester ja hänen raskaana oleva vaimonsa Sophie joutuvat eroon toisistaan, kun Allen johdattaa retkikuntansa kohti tuntematonta. Seikkailuja janoava Sophie ei odota yksinäistä vuotta armeijan parakkien vankina innolla. Pian käy kuitenkin ilmi ettei Allen ole ainoa, joka joutuu kamppailemaan petollisia olosuhteita vastaan. Kumpikaan ei voi aavistaa, että erossa vietetty vuosi tulee vaatimaan heiltä molemmilta kaiken rohkeuden ja kestävyyden, aina viimeiseen pisaraan asti.