Where Snow Angels Go: From the author of the number one bestseller Hamnet

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bár a könyv a gyerekek kimondatlan félelmeiről szól, megnyugtató válaszokat is ad ezekre. A bűbájos rajzokkal és hangulatos szöveggel pedig tökéletes téli olvasmány: megeleveníti a havat. S ha van rá alkalom, olvasása után biztos mindenki örömmel készíti el a saját hóangyalát.

Yes, although I can’t say what it is as I don’t like to talk about it. But writing is a process. Obviously prizes are lovely to get, that knowledge that somebody, a reader or a panel or a child in a library, has responded to your work. But I think after that you just had to forget them. You have to keep doing good work. SNOW ANGELS does a great job at depicting lives in such communities. Especially during that part of the year when the landscape is barren and suicides spike. The profound sense of hopelessness is evident in many of the characters. Those without resources fall into profound despair. Those better off look into themselves. The result is always tragic or counter-productive. Only youth sees promise, has hope, etc.First, save the person,’ Sylvie could hear him say, ‘then fly down … no, that’s not right … Find the … No, hang on … first, fly down. Second, find the person. Third …’ He shook his head, muddled, shutting his eyes, as if for inspiration. ‘Now, what comes third? I’ve forgotten and I really ---‘” The book was beautifully written and I adored the heartfelt story of a little girl trying to see her snow angel again after she finds out that he is there to protect her. It is also about the selflessness of the little girl as she worries about people who have never made a snow angel before not having a guardian watching over them. Have you ever woken up suddenly, in the middle of the night, without knowing why? Best-selling and award-winning master storyteller Maggie O’Farrell weaves an extraordinary and compelling modern fairy tale about the bravery of a little girl and the miracle of a snowy day.

Maggie O’Farrell’s is a modern fable/fairy tale that will fill kids with wonder. It is a cozy bedtime read aloud that reminds me a bit of the books that were read to me as a child. The narrative is a bit lengthy, but lends itself to the author’s beautiful lyrical prose. I love that the story began with a bedtime story she made up for her own children. Where Snow Angels Go will lead to many meaningful discussions. I was very like Sophie [in the book], a child who liked to take risks and the book does have elements of my childhood in it. Most obviously, she has a long illness [at the age of eight, O’Farrell missed a year’s school with encephalitis]. There are also elements of all three of my children woven in it. In all fiction there are bits you make up and bits you borrow from your own life and the lives of those around you. This is such a fun and magical story about angels and what happens to the ones you create in the snow. Sylvie wakes up one might to find someone in her room. The someone isn’t quite sure what they are supposed to do but Sylvie spots that it’s an angel standing in her room. Sylvie soon finds out that this angel is the same one she made out of snow one day, but he’s here for an important reason, because Sylvie isn’t well and the snow angel has come to save her.Eventually, it is revealed that he is the snow angel that Sylvie made last winter, and he’s there to save her. Sylvie is sure she doesn’t need saving. A little over a year ago I had a traumatic experience. I don’t love to throw that word around lightly, so I understand the weight it holds. My last week in Jersey, I texted Alexander that I wanted to write about it when I got home.