: The protagonist is portrayed as a fiercely independent, "spiky," and stoic heroine who operates in a male-dominated milieu while struggling with personal demons like past alcohol abuse.
: While supporting her ex-husband Sammy's bid to win the Iditarod, Edie discovers the frozen body of an infant covered in mysterious ceremonial markings in an Alaskan forest. El_nino_de_la_nieve_M_J_McGrath.epub
: Reviewers from The Daily Mail and The New Yorker highlight the book's "brilliantly evoked" and "otherworldly" Arctic beauty, noting how the extreme cold becomes a character in itself. : The protagonist is portrayed as a fiercely