November - The Snow Child

Most of us probably don't remember the old days, when two of three members at a meeting had gotten to be the norm. Well, three was our turnout this month and only two of us had finished the book. While we both liked the book and enjoyed discussing it, it was hard to have a sustained discussion. 

If you were a person who picked up this book and found it entirely too depressing in the first 50 pages to continue, I beg of you to power on. Once the titular Snow Child has been created, once Jack and Mabel find friends, the book begins to be about something entirely different. It becomes a book about hope and renewed love, and family, in whatever form you find it. 

In the end, Alaska seems a little less imposing and hard and a little more about the hope of spring and the beauty of winter. And that snow child? Well, you'll just have to read the book to find out what happens to her.