Book of the Month Club?

**shutterbug0303** · 10-07-2005, 11:09 AM

I think I've found the one...something that would be good for all ages

It's #7 on NYT Best Seller's List (has been on the list for 2 weeks now)

"Light on Snow" by Anita Shreve

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031...books&v=glance

That is Amazon's page on it...here's the synopsis:

"An after-school stroll leads to a life-altering event for widower Robert Dillon and his 12-year-old daughter, Nicky, in this delicate new novel by acclaimed author Shreve (All He Ever Wanted,etc.). In the woods surrounding their secluded home in Shepherd, N.H., Robert and Nicky make a startling discovery—a baby abandoned and left to die in the snow. The infant survives, but the incident leaves its mark. Still recovering from the painful loss of her mother and infant sister two years earlier, and readjusting to the shock of a sudden move from suburban Westchester to rural Shepherd, Nicky struggles to reconcile her innocent notions of adult integrity with the bleak reality of their discovery. The tenuous sense of normalcy Robert manages to sustain is broken with the appearance of Charlotte, the baby's young mother, on his doorstep. Retold 18 years later by an adult Nicky but written in the present tense, the story shifts brilliantly between childlike visions of a simple world and the growing realization of its cruel ambiguities. Aside from a few saccharine moments and a rather pat ending, Shreve does a skilled job of portraying grief, conflict and anger while leaving room for hope, redemption and renewal. Her characters are sympathetic without being pitiable, and her prose remains deceptively simple and eloquent throughout. "

Happy Reading!!

**CagneyDog** · 10-07-2005, 11:52 AM

It sounds good! I'll get it today.

**DJFyrewolf36** · 10-07-2005, 12:22 PM

I'll have to see if our library has it. Sounds like its good though!

**finn's mom** · 10-07-2005, 01:43 PM

I have made a new thread, too, with Judy's chosen book and with what I've come up with so far concerning the "structure" of this...let me know your thoughts. I'm excited, I'm going today to get my book!

**CagneyDog** · 10-07-2005, 06:31 PM

You could set up another ICQ chat, its fairly simple...I don't think that one should be the book chat, but i guess its not that big of a deal.

**finn's mom** · 10-07-2005, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by CagneyDog

You could set up another ICQ chat, its fairly simple...I don't think that one should be the book chat, but i guess its not that big of a deal.

it's not either way. like i said, i sent a message to kay, and, we'll just wait to hear her final answer! if we can't use the pet talk chat room, then, we'll see what we can do to set up another one.