Blizzard
A runaway bestseller in France about a boy gone missing in the middle of an Alaskan blizzard, and the people desperate to find him

In the middle of a raging storm in Alaska, Bess stops to tie her shoes. And just like that, the boy is lost, gone in a flash, swallowed up by the snow.

Bess is a California girl, while Benedict, with whom she and the boy live, is the last in his family's long line of rugged Alaskans. Benedict knows better than to venture out in such weather. But he has no choice. He must find Bess and the boy before it's too late.

Blizzard is a race against death and destiny. Benedict, the local, and Bess, the outsider, are joined in the frantic search by Cole, an unsavory figure who washed up decades ago and clings on, downing moonshine. Then there's Freeman, a Black Vietnam vet who seems wholly out of place in the North.
What brings him to this remote corner of Alaska? What secrets is he hiding-are they all hiding? And will they find the truth? An award-winning page turner, Blizzard is a breathless panorama of lonely souls making a life for themselves in the Far North, and of the dark truths they carry.
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Blizzard
A runaway bestseller in France about a boy gone missing in the middle of an Alaskan blizzard, and the people desperate to find him

In the middle of a raging storm in Alaska, Bess stops to tie her shoes. And just like that, the boy is lost, gone in a flash, swallowed up by the snow.

Bess is a California girl, while Benedict, with whom she and the boy live, is the last in his family's long line of rugged Alaskans. Benedict knows better than to venture out in such weather. But he has no choice. He must find Bess and the boy before it's too late.

Blizzard is a race against death and destiny. Benedict, the local, and Bess, the outsider, are joined in the frantic search by Cole, an unsavory figure who washed up decades ago and clings on, downing moonshine. Then there's Freeman, a Black Vietnam vet who seems wholly out of place in the North.
What brings him to this remote corner of Alaska? What secrets is he hiding-are they all hiding? And will they find the truth? An award-winning page turner, Blizzard is a breathless panorama of lonely souls making a life for themselves in the Far North, and of the dark truths they carry.
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A runaway bestseller in France about a boy gone missing in the middle of an Alaskan blizzard, and the people desperate to find him

In the middle of a raging storm in Alaska, Bess stops to tie her shoes. And just like that, the boy is lost, gone in a flash, swallowed up by the snow.

Bess is a California girl, while Benedict, with whom she and the boy live, is the last in his family's long line of rugged Alaskans. Benedict knows better than to venture out in such weather. But he has no choice. He must find Bess and the boy before it's too late.

Blizzard is a race against death and destiny. Benedict, the local, and Bess, the outsider, are joined in the frantic search by Cole, an unsavory figure who washed up decades ago and clings on, downing moonshine. Then there's Freeman, a Black Vietnam vet who seems wholly out of place in the North.
What brings him to this remote corner of Alaska? What secrets is he hiding-are they all hiding? And will they find the truth? An award-winning page turner, Blizzard is a breathless panorama of lonely souls making a life for themselves in the Far North, and of the dark truths they carry.

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A chilly tale marked by twisted fates . . . the book commands the reader’s attention until the end.”—Kirkus Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

2023-10-07
Desperate efforts to find a woman and child who have disappeared into an Alaskan blizzard bring forth memories of past tragedies.

When 10-year-old Thomas’ hand slips from the grip of his live-in caretaker, Bess, as she bends to re-tie her shoe during a devastating snowstorm, one to which she ill-advisedly exposed him and herself, he is quickly swallowed up by the elements. His chances of survival are slim and hers aren't much better. A mystery woman from California whom the locals think is half-crazy, Bess was brought to Alaska by the boy's uncle Benedict after the precocious Thomas' father (also named Thomas) abandoned him and his mother died. Reluctantly, Benedict ventures out into the storm to find Thomas and Bess, accompanied by neighbor Cole, a misogynistic drunk. "A kid and a pretty woman lost in a blizzard, though?" muses Benedict. "Best as I can recollect, no such thing's happened before." The deeper they penetrate the blizzard, the more violent memories surface. Everyone, including Freeman, a displaced Black Vietnam veteran who lives nearby, carries trauma around with them, including the murder of a sibling and a patricidal killing. There are frequent references to ghosts. Gothic in tone and Western in spirit, French writer Vingtras' first novel, a bestseller in France that won the Booksellers’ Prize there for the year's best novel, is short on smiles and long on vitriol and recrimination. Ultimately, the flashbacks, narrated by the characters, outbalance the physical descriptions of the storm, which never carries the threat it should. But the book commands the reader's attention until the end.

A chilly tale marked by twisted fates.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940160540849
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date: 04/30/2024
Edition description: Unabridged
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