Historical fiction and magical realism meet in Alaska
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Charlotte Glover Parnassus Books in Ketchikan, Ala."A lot of folks do not know the name Eowyn Ivey outside the state of Alaska," says Charlotte Glover. But they should. Ivey's first novel "The Snow Child" was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. It's her second book, though — "To the Bright Edge of the World" — that "has ruined me for all other books, for almost two years," Glover said."It is an absolute masterpiece of tone and content and historical fiction…
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