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  • Location: Alaska

Blizzard

Blizzard

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2000s: To find the child they must survive the storm

  • ISBN: 978-1914495984
  • Translator: Stephanie Smee
  • Genre: Familiy drama, Fiction, Translated Fictioin

What you need to know before your trail

A blizzard rages in an isolated corner of Alaska. Few inhabitants live in this desolate place. Scattered across the vast, white expanse, they shelter in solitude from the tempest and the extreme cold. But amid this storm and far from home, a woman walks alone with the child.

She stops for a moment to re-tie the laces of her boots filled with snow. Instants later she looks up and the child under her care has vanished. In desperation she searches for him, knowing that every minute that goes by in this snowstorm is a threat to both of their lives. Soon she is joined in the hunt by the other neighbours. And as the search intensifies to save the missing child from certain death, she too will become the object of pursuit.

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The exact location is not mentioned but that just adds to the remoteness and feeling of isolation.

“I fell and dislocated my shoulder and still had to use my good arm to shovel away the snow before I could find something to jam the other arms back into place. This time round, I tried to clear away as much a possible around the house, hoping that would be enough. You just can’t wing it, this survival business. When I come from, there’s no need to wonder if the snow’s going to stop you from leaving the house. “

BookTrail Boarding Pass: Blizzard

Destination: Alaska  Author/guide: Marie Vingtras  Departure Time: 2000s

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