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 face a thicket of decisions, each seeming to carry equal possibilities of heartbreak or redemption.
Writing with all the emotional richness 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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"Anything Anita Shreve [Anita Shreve] has ever written has moved me. I am thrown into the storyline because of her writing skills. No other writer has ever been able to make me see what is being written. I can picture each character, house, town, etc as though there are photos on the side. There's just something about her writing. I get involved in the story and the characters. When there's a new Anita Shreve book, I get ready for a sleepless night because I can't put the book down."
— Meaghan (4 out of 5 stars)
“A well-drawn microcosm of adolescence.”
— Washington Post“Shreve’s characters are sympathetic without being pitiable, and her prose remains deceptively simple and eloquent throughout.”
— Publishers Weekly“Beautifully developed characters.”
— AudioFile“Shreve’s expert pacing produces a fast read that will more than satisfy her many fans.”
— Booklist" Loved this book! A mystery with lots of heart! "
— Elsie, 2/15/2014" I liked it, but didn't love it. I enjoyed the narrator of the story, but not the plot. "
— Renee, 2/14/2014" I enjoyed this more than the Pilot's Wife. It was very touching and simple. "
— Lisa, 2/14/2014" I didn't care for this book. Boring. "
— Jeannine, 2/14/2014" This is a page turning fast read. I thoroughly enjoyed it. "
— Lucile, 2/11/2014" Such an easy read. "
— Keri-lyn, 2/5/2014" A teenage girl and her father, living in New Hampshire after a family tragedy in New York, get involved with a woman who apparently abandons her baby in the snow behind their house. You can certainly feel the chill of a NH winter. "
— Yak, 2/2/2014" Eight books left to reach my goal. I really liked this book. Read it in 24 hours. Went back to the library and checked out four more of her books. "
— Chris, 2/2/2014" So far so good. At least this book is keeping my interest unlike the other 4 I've started. "
— Brenda, 2/1/2014" Touched me somehow. "
— Adeem, 1/30/2014" Entertaining and quick. Story of a father and his 12yo daughter who lost her mother and younger sister. They move from NYC to a remote part of New Hampshire. They find a baby in the woods and eventually meet the mother - who had been told her baby was dead. "
— Erin, 1/27/2014Anita Shreve is the acclaimed author of more than a dozen novels, including Rescue; A Change in Altitude; Testimony; The Pilot’s Wife, which was a selection of Oprah’s Book Club; and The Weight of Water, which was a finalist for England’s Orange Prize.
Alyson Silverman’s television and film credits include Sex and the City, Garmento, and Celebrity. Some of her theater credits include the off-Broadway production of Tony ’n’ Tina’s Wedding and the national tour of To Kill a Mockingbird with the National Theatre for the Performing Arts.