Light on Snow

Well written and likable, but once again an author is using a child as the main character and the understanding of the emotions and motivations are not believable from that point-of-view. Worth reading.

I am glad I didn't base whether to read this book on the reviews here because I think a lot of people didn't "get it," and maybe that's Shreve's failing, but I've observed that, by and large, people don't really understand grief until they experience it first hand, unfortunately. I know that I did n......more

I picked this up off a display table of “wintry books” at the front of my local library. I had never heard of it. Had absolutely no intention of reading it. I just… picked it up. Opened to the first page. When I found myself suddenly at the end of the first chapter, I took it over to a chair in the......more

Finishing either the 4th or 5th Anita Shreve book and I'm just wrecked, as usual. It happens the same way every time so far. I begin reading, the story is set on the East Coast, Vermont, New Hampshire, by the ocean, and I think to myself, hmm, I don't think I can relate to this. The character seems......more

One of my favorite Shreve titles. I loved the teenaged character, and I adore Shreve's writing.......more