If the Ice Had Held
If the Ice Had HeldIf the Ice Had Held
Author: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
Published Date: 15 Oct 2019
Publisher: HIGHBRIDGE AUDIO
Language: English
Format: CD-Audio
ISBN10: 1684576539
File size: 9 Mb
Dimension: 140x 163x 25mm::181g
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If the river ice had held in the winter of 1974, Sammy — Melanie’s biological father — wouldn’t have died from exposure. Her birth mother Irene may have been spared the stigma of being only fourteen, pregnant, and unmarried. But a few inches of ice and a few degrees of water temperature were all that separated accident from fate. “Irene was not sure she had any true memories of the woman,” writes Wendy J. Fox, “only scraps and fragments she had pieced together from a handful of ragged photographs.” As a whole, If the Ice Had Held comes to us in those same brisk, jagged scraps and memories. We are given pieces. Shards. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is an American company that owns exchanges for financial and commodity markets, and operates 12 regulated exchanges and marketplaces. This includes ICE futures exchanges in the United States, Canada and Europe, the Liffe futures exchanges in Europe, the New York Stock Exchange, equity options exchanges and OTC energy, credit and equity markets. If the Ice Had Held is a solid work of realist fiction. Fox tells a compelling story of people who grew up in unusual and dysfunctional families and how it affects them. If the Ice Had Held, Wendy J. Fox. Santa Fe, New Mexico: SFWP, May 2019. 260 pages. $15.95, paper. In Wendy J. Fox’s If the Ice Had Held, Melanie faces a setback when the software company she works for begins downsizing. At the same time, she is also trying to overcome her impulse to… My review of If The Ice Had Held Wendy J Fox is now up on A beautiful story of friendship, love and support. A joy to pick up and immerse yourself in. All the best. Emma Wendy J. Fox's new novel If the Ice Had Held launches on May 1. I've been a fan of Wendy's work since reading the first sentence of the first short story, "Apricots," in her collection The Seven Stages of Anger. That sentence: "As children growing up in the eastern Washington desert, on the dry side… If the Ice Had Held audiobook, Wendy Fox Melanie Henderson's life is a lie. The scandal of her birth and the identity of her true parents is kept from her family's small, conservative Colorado town. Not even she knows the truth: that her birth mother was just fourteen and unmarried to her father, a local boy who drowned when he "Wendy J. Fox’s novel If the Ice Had Held tells the story of the cold and lonely landscape of the Mile High City, with honesty and tenderness, from one woman’s perspective. It’s a book about harbored secrets and shared discovery, told in lyric style. If the Ice Had Held poses questions that are difficult, perhaps even impossible, to answer. Still, Fox’s writing urges us to try. Nicole Rivas (@nicolemrivas) teaches writing in Savannah, GA and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Alabama. If the Ice Had Held speaks with a natural lyricism, and presents a cast of characters who quietly struggle through complicated lives. ©2019 Wendy J. Fox (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books "IF THE ICE HAD HELD, at its heart a story about second chances, is both haunting and luminous. I was captivated how, in the aftershock of tragedy, these memorable characters try to find their way toward some brighter place. If the Ice Had Held. : Wendy J. Fox. Narrated : Sarah Mollo-Christensen. Free with 30-day trial £7.99/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime Summary. Melanie Henderson's life is a lie. The scandal of her birth and the identity of her true parents is kept from … Melanie Henderson's life is a lie. The scandal of her birth and the identity of her true parents is kept from her family's small, conservative Colorado town. Not even she knows the truth: that her birth mother was just 14 and unmarried to her fath If IF THE ICE HAD HELD were actual ice, it would be the thick, skateable kind with a solid, textured rind against the shore, like the hard part of a cheese wheel against its sealing wax, and crackled bubbles filled with fish heads and tails peeking through the center of a firm pond. This ice would be walkable. This ice would carry a body, on blades or tennis shoes, from one side to another. The tragedy at the heart of the novel is the death of a teenager, Sammy Henderson, who while making his way from the home of his girlfriend, Irene, to the basketball game of his sister, Kathleen, takes a shortcut across a frozen river and falls through the ice. Sammy had recently learned, and Kathleen soon discovers, that Irene is expecting his Yet, as a forest fire rages through the Rocky Mountains and a car accident shakes the family, Melanie finds herself at the center of an unraveling tangle of tragedy and heartbreak. If the Ice Had Held speaks with a natural lyricism, and presents a cast of characters who quietly struggle through complicated lives. Ships in early May, 2019. Tag: If the Ice Had Held. Hannah Jackson Reviews Wendy J. Fox’s latest novel IF THE ICE HAD HELD. If the Ice Had Held, Wendy J. Fox. Santa Fe, New Mexico: SFWP, May 2019. 260 pages. $15.95, paper. … More. Hannah Jackson, If the Ice Had Held, SFWP, Wendy J. Fox. ISSNs Print: 2373-3519 Now, my novel, If the Ice Had Held, has just come out, and for someone who has always been a pretty good sleeper, I am waking up in the middle of the night, worrying about what reviewers will say and have said, which really has mostly been kind. “Irene was not sure she had any true memories of the woman,” writes Wendy J. Fox, “only scraps and fragments she had pieced together from a handful of ragged photographs.” As a whole, If the Ice Had Held comes to us in those same brisk, jagged scraps and memories. Get this from a library! If the ice had held. [Wendy J Fox] - "Melanie Henderson's life is a lie. The scandal of her birth and the identity of her true parents is kept from her family's small, conservative Colorado town. Not even she knows the truth: that her Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for If the Ice Had Held (SFWP Literary Awards) at Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Must Reads: ICE held an American man in custody for 1,273 days. He’s not the only one who had to prove his citizenship ICE had mistakenly arrested several of the people more than once. "If the Ice Had Held is a stunning novel. From its very first pages, I was captivated the vivid intimacy of Wendy J. Fox's prose and her generous sense of character. Indelible, insightful, and deeply moving, If the Ice Had Held illustrates the complex bonds of family -the terrible ways we hurt one another, the sacrifices we make to save one If the Ice Had Held speaks with a natural lyricism, and presents a cast of characters who quietly struggle through complicated lives. About the Author: 2017 Literary Awards Program grand prize-winner Wendy J. Fox is the author of The Seven Stages of Anger and Other Stories and The Pull of It.
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