Book Reviews of Light on Snow

This book gripped me from the very first page. I started in the morning, took a few breaks for lunch and dinner and couldn't put it down until I was finished. The story is told from the viewpoint of a 12 year old girl; it's authentic and has such truth to it that you can't help but be immersed in her life, dreams, worries, and thoughts. Loved this book!

a mesmerizing story of the secrets we keep and the secrets we unearth, and the power of forgiveness to mend even the most battered souls. A wonderful novel to read in the winter months! I loved this book!

A Wonderful book and was hard to put down. What happens when a daughter and her dad find a baby in the snow....the story behind it, the people behind it and how it affected all of them.

This was a wonderful book that I could not put down! It took some interesting turns that I was not expecting. This is the first time I read a Shreve book and I will definately look for more.

This is the first Anita Shreve book I have ever read. It was just ok. Not bad but not great either. I wish that the story would have wrapped things up a little more at the end. I would like to know what happens to everybody in the future instead of just leaving it open ended.

I loved this book, I thought it was Amazing I think every girl should read it when they are young. It was great, well written I wished the end was a bit different, but it was a great fast read.. Highly recomended.

This is a bittersweet story of how a coincident of timing brought life into the dreary existence of a widower and his twelve year old daughter. After his wife and two year old daughter are killed in an automobile accident, Robert Dillon attempts to escape reality by moving to an isolated part of New Hampshire. His older daughter, Nicky, beings to find answers to her questions about growing up and what it means to be a family when Charlotte shows up at their door. She is also trying to find answers. A two day snow storm binds them together in their isolation and search.

The emotions of each are clearly drawn out by the author and felt by the reader. Their meeting sets a new course for each while leaving an imprint on the others. Anita Shreve gives us a snapshot of time, life, and how events and decisions change us.

This book wasn't bad, but it didn't grab me like I felt it could've. Lots of potential for this story, but not sure it lived up to that. This was actually the first Anita Shreve I read (audiobook). I think each of her stories are very different, which is a good quality for an author to have.

Twelve year old Nicky Dillon and her father find an abandoned baby girl in the snow covered woods outside their New Hampshire home. What follows is a story of birth, death, loss, abandonment and family. This is definitely pure Anita Shreve- wrenching a strong emotional response from her readers. Not only do we learn the story of this baby but also the tragedy that led Nicky and her dad to be living in the woods of New Hampshire. Riveting.

Excellent! Immediately draws you in. Wonderful character development.

From the best selling author of The Pilot's Wife, comes a tender and surprising novel about love and its consequences.

This was my first book I read of Anita Shreve's. It was a very good book to read, but it was a little empty at the end.

I could not put this one down.

I could not put this book down. Great read!!!

Great story.

hard to put down!

Her secret is that she simply has the Gift- the abiity to hook you form the first page,draw you in and pull you along- The Washington Post Book World

wonderful story with happy ending.

From first page to last this was an absolutely wonderful story told from a childs point of view. Hated to turn final page. A very good read.

GOOD READ.

Thia is a great story.

If you have never read Anita Shreve you should.

12 yr old Nicky Dillon and father come upon something shocking in the woods near their home, an abandoned baby wails, and in the days and weeks that follow she glimpes corners of the adult world she never dreamed existed. For the first time Nicky questions her strange life's shape. Why her father moved to the isolated New England farmhouse, the fate of the baby girl, and the arrival of a young woman haunted by her own terrible mistakes. Together, Nicky, her father, and this woman must work their way through a thicket of their decisions, each one seeming to carry equal possibilities of heartbreak or redemption.

Excellent. One of her best.

Wonderfully written, unique perspective, page turner...

Great story. Well written. Dramatic tension throughout. Excellent characters.

Great story about love and it's consequences.I enjoyed this book

I know I read this...but, honestly, I can't remember it!

This was a thought provoking book. The intense curiousity and coming of age of a 12 year old girl and the discovery of a baby left in the snow, provides for an excellent story.

A surprising story about love and its consequences!

Great, suspenseful, full of "real" characters.

A great story and quite different.

I found this book to be a really quick read and enjoyable. Life through the eyes of a 12 yr old girl, which if I would not have thought that I would enjoy. It really held my attention though.

Fantastic Story!

I loved this book,..what a beautiful story. I couldnt put it down.

It starts off fast but the middle is a little slow. But it was still a good book.

this was a very heartwarming book. I read it really quickly. It kept me wondering what would happen next.

Compelling story. I found this book hard to put down.

Excellent story of a father and daughter, how they manage the traumas of life and losing their mother (wife) and sister (daughter). It's a feel good book with some touching moments. Not all sappy, but a wonderful read!

Another great read by Anita Shreve. Couldn't put it down..

Great Book!

Snowshoeing in the woods near their home, nicky dillon and her father come upon something shocking. There in the pristine winter scene, and abandoned baby.

Another one of her can't put down novels. The characters are so real you feel like you know them personally. There is something touching and compelling about all of her stories and this is yet another.I really enjoyed it.

snowshoeing over crusted snow in the woods near their home , 12 year old nicky and her father come across something shocking, an abandoned baby! very heartfelt story,

Fascinating look into the dynamics of family dynamics.

Hardback

Hardcover. I couldn\'t put it down. Finished it in a day.

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