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Inspiring,
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Light on Snow
by Anita Shreve

Published: 2005-09-12
Paperback : 336 pages
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Recommended to book clubs by 4 of 5 members
What makes a family? That's what twelve-year-old Nicky Dillon wonders after she and her widowed father discover a wailing abandoned baby in the snow-filled woods near their New Hampshire home. Through the days that follow, the Dillons and an unexpected visitor who soon turns up at their ...
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What makes a family? That's what twelve-year-old Nicky Dillon wonders after she and her widowed father discover a wailing abandoned baby in the snow-filled woods near their New Hampshire home. Through the days that follow, the Dillons and an unexpected visitor who soon turns up at their door-a young woman evidently haunted by her own terrible choices-face a thicket of decisions, each seeming to carry equal possibilities of heartbreak and redemption. Writing with all the emotional resonance that has drawn millions of readers around the world to her fiction, Anita Shreve unfolds in Light on Snow a tender and surprising novel about love and its consequences.

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by Halina K. (see profile) 03/27/19

 
  "Light on Snow"by Janet D. (see profile) 04/14/11

Loved it!!

 
  "Not recommended!"by carrie s. (see profile) 04/14/11

Not a book I enjoyed at all. Just sort of wandered about and was never much of a story.

 
  "Debcake"by Deb B. (see profile) 03/16/11

Anita Shreve has such a beautiful command of words. She weaves a touching story around a profoundly sad event in the life of a young girl at the cusp of womanhood. A good book to read when you're curled... (read more)

 
  "Light on Snow"by Cheryl W. (see profile) 02/17/11

I thought Nicky was a great character. For a 12-year old she was very insightful and strong. While the relationship between she and her father seemed strained I believe there really was a very strong... (read more)

 
  "Light on Snow"by Peggy S. (see profile) 02/16/11

I really loved this book!

 
  "Novel about a young girl and her relationship with her father"by Erika I. (see profile) 03/21/07

This was a very quick read, and enjoyed by all in our club.

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