The Ice Garden

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Moira Crone. The Ice Garden

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More Advance Praise for The Ice Garden

One of our best American writers, Moira Crone gives us her finest book yet, a story as dazzling and dangerous as ice. The Ice Garden is a heart-stopper. This just may be the most haunting and memorable novel you will ever read.

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I heard loud footsteps, and little squeaks. I came out of my bedroom and saw him rolling Sweetie’s bassinette toward me on its wobbly wooden casters, which were no bigger than spools. At my door, he took a sharp turn and pushed her into the nursery, a small room next to mine where we already had the crib set up. I had been told she wouldn’t be ready to sleep in there for a month or more. I followed him in, asking questions.

He refused to answer. He picked her up and went over to the crib. I told him the bed wasn’t made. No sheet. “Okay,” he said, quickly, “Okay, Okay.” He put her back down in the bassinette, then stood over her for a while, staring down as if she had something to tell him and he was waiting to hear it.

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