Widow's Walk by Kenneth Weene - a vignette in Iris.Blizzard by Cindy Rinaman Marsch - a lyrical survi.

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This could also be turned into a short art-house film. This is the opposite of formulaic 'survival' stories. Readers are also treated to an additional insight by learning about the author’s publishing enterprise, Moraine’s Edge Books, which brings together her editing talents with her. The gorgeous, detailed prose is worthy of Jack London or Hemingway and will evoke the same emotions as 'To Build a Fire' and 'Old Man and the Sea'. An advocate of beautiful, poetic writing, and of the power of human experience to resonate over the years, Marsch balances creative discovery with historical fact. Experience the intimacy of a tight-knit family amidst a natural disaster, with all the lyricism and physicality interwoven. One reviewer says this story 'makes an anonymous woman.

WhoĬindy Rinaman Marsch's 'Blizzard' sets a new standard in survival stories. In a style reminiscent of Willa Cather, in a family saga that recalls the work of Marilynne Robinson, this novel brings us enduring themes of human life as Rosette and her friends and family make the most of the American pioneer life first detailed for most of us by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It descends upon them - the infamous Children's Blizzard of 1888. Grandmother wake to a beautiful winter morning on the prairie. As we are preparing to celebrate 4th of July, I think it would be appropriate to post a review of a novella about a brave American family in face of a life-threatening storm.Ī homesteading farmer, his pregnant wife, their daughter, and the Blizzard is a gripping, lyrical, chilling novella from a fellow Historical Novel Society author, Cindy Rinaman Marsch.