Join million-copy bestseller Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child, as she unveils her newest novel about the beauty and terror of the Alaskan wilderness, Black Woods, Blue Sky.
Birdie’s keeping it together, of course she is. So she’s a little hungover on her shifts at times, and has to bring her daughter to the lodge while she waits tables, but Emaleen never goes hungry. It’s a tough town to be a single mother, and Birdie just needs to get by.
And then Birdie meets Arthur, who is quieter than most men, but makes her want to listen; who is gentle with Emaleen, and understands Birdie’s fascination with the mountains in whose shadow they live. When Arthur asks Birdie and Emaleen to leave the lodge and make a home, just the three of them, in his off-grid cabin, Birdie’s answer, in a heartbeat, is yes.
Out in the wilderness Birdie’s days are harsher and richer than she ever imagined possible. Here she will feel truly at one with nature. Here she, and Emaleen, will learn the whole, fearful truth about Arthur.
The award-winning novelist Rachel Joyce, creator of five international bestsellers, sits down with Ivey to explore the intricate bonds between mother and daughter, our relationship with ourselves, and the lengths we’ll go to for those we love.
Don’t miss this enchanting and haunting evening of conversation on Black Woods, Blue Sky, a daring reimagining of the legend of the Beauty and the Beast, that asks us the question: can love save us from ourselves?
“An enthralling novel about the endurance of love, the power of forgiveness and the savage, irresistible allure of wild places.” Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train