Black Woods, Blue Sky
A Novel
Eowyn Ivey
- **NATIONAL
- BESTSELLER
- •
- The
- author
- of
- the
- Pulitzer
- Prize
- finalist
- The
- Snow
- Child
- returns
- to
- the
- mythical
- landscapes
- of
- Alaska
- with
- an
- unforgettable
- dark
- fairy
- tale
- that
- asks
- the
- question:
- Can
- love
- save
- us
- from
- ourselves?“No
- one
- writes
- like
- Eowyn
- Ivey.”—Geraldine
- Brooks
“You
- will
- find
- yourself
- in
- places
- you
- have
- never
- been.”—Louise
- Erdrich
“Ivey
- is
- an
- enthralling
- storyteller.”—The
- New
- York
- Times
- Book
- Review**Birdie’s
- keeping
- it
- together;
- of
- course
- she
- is.
- So
- she’s
- a
- little
- hungover,
- sometimes,
- and
- she
- has
- to
- bring
- her
- daughter,
- Emaleen,
- to
- her
- job
- waiting
- tables
- at
- an
- Alaskan
- roadside
- lodge,
- but
- she’s
- getting
- by
- as
- a
- single
- mother
- in
- a
- tough
- town.
- Still,
- Birdie
- can
- remember
- happier
- times
- from
- her
- youth,
- when
- she
- was
- free
- in
- the
- wilds
- of
- nature.Arthur
- Neilsen,
- a
- soft-spoken
- and
- scarred
- recluse
- who
- appears
- in
- town
- only
- at
- the
- change
- of
- seasons,
- brings
- Emaleen
- back
- to
- safety
- when
- she
- gets
- lost
- in
- the
- woods.
- Most
- people
- avoid
- him,
- but
- to
- Birdie,
- he
- represents
- everything
- she’s
- ever
- longed
- for.
- She
- finds
- herself
- falling
- for
- Arthur
- and
- the
- land
- he
- knows
- so
- well.Against
- the
- warnings
- of
- those
- who
- care
- about
- them,
- Birdie
- and
- Emaleen
- move
- to
- his
- isolated
- cabin
- in
- the
- mountains,
- on
- the
- far
- side
- of
- the
- Wolverine
- River.It’s
- just
- the
- three
- of
- them
- in
- the
- vast
- black
- woods,
- far
- from
- roads,
- telephones,
- electricity,
- and
- outside
- contact,
- but
- Birdie
- believes
- she
- has
- come
- prepared.
- At
- first,
- it’s
- idyllic
- and
- she
- can
- picture
- a
- happily
- ever
- after:
- Together
- they
- catch
- salmon,
- pick
- berries,
- and
- climb
- mountains
- so
- tall
- it’s
- as
- if
- they
- could
- touch
- the
- bright
- blue
- sky.
- But
- soon
- Birdie
- discovers
- that
- Arthur
- is
- something
- much
- more
- mysterious
- and
- dangerous
- than
- she
- could
- have
- ever
- imagined,
- and
- that
- like
- the
- Alaska
- wilderness,
- a
- fairy
- tale
- can
- be
- as
- dark
- as
- it
- is
- beautiful.Black
- Woods,
- Blue
- Sky
- is
- a
- novel
- with
- life-and-death
- stakes,
- about
- the
- love
- between
- a
- mother
- and
- daughter,
- and
- the
- allure
- of
- a
- wild
- life—about
- what
- we
- gain
- and
- what
- it
- might
- cost us.
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