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Eowyn’s debut novel, The Snow Child, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and became an instant modern classic. For her latest novel, To the Bright Edge of the World, Eowyn stays close to home to tell the tale of Lieutenant Colonol Forrester, a man who accepts a mission to navigate Alaska’s Wolverine River. She joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios.

In the winter of 1885, Lieutenant Colonel Allen Forrester sets out with his men on an expedition into the newly acquired territory of Alaska. Their objective: to travel up the ferocious Wolverine River, mapping the interior and gathering information on the region's potentially dangerous native tribes. With a young and newly pregnant wife at home, Forrester is anxious to complete the journey with all possible speed and return to her.

Alaska in den 1920er Jahren: Hier leben Mabel und Jack als einfache Farmer in der einsamen Wildnis. Die Enttäuschung über ihre Kinderlosigkeit und der harte Überlebenskampf in der unwirtlichen Umgebung drohen die beiden, die sich eigentlich innig lieben, zu entzweien. Als aber der erste Schnee kommt, entdecken sie ein elfengleiches, blondes Kind, das von einem Fuchs begleitet wird. Zuerst glauben sie, dass ihre Sinne ihnen einen Streich spielen.

Birdie’s keeping it together; of course she is. So she’s a little hungover, sometimes, and she has to bring her daughter, Emaleen, to her job waiting tables at an Alaskan roadside lodge, but she’s getting by as a single mother in a tough town. Still, Birdie can remember happier times from her youth, when she was free in the wilds of nature. Arthur Neilsen, a soft-spoken and scarred recluse who appears in town only at the change of seasons, brings Emaleen back to safety when she gets lost in the woods. Most people avoid him, but to Birdie, he represents everything she’s ever longed for.

Birdie's keeping it together, of course she is. So she's a little hungover sometimes on her shifts, and has to bring her daughter Emaleen to work while she waits tables but it's a tough town to be a single mother, and she needs to get by. Maybe the shine is starting to wear off life at Wolverine Lodge. Maybe Birdie's ready for a fresh start. 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.