{"product_id":"glaciers-isbn-9781953534903","title":"Glaciers","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e Best Short Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA She Reads Indie Book Club Pick for Summer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Alexis Smith’s brilliant debut novel is filled with kaleidoscopic pleasures. Line by line, in and out of time, this is a haunted, joyful, beautiful book—a true gift.” —Karen Russell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Her story could be told in other people’s things. The postcards and the photographs. A garnet ring and a needlepoint of the homestead. The aprons hanging from her kitchen door. Her soft, faded, dog-eared copy of \u003ci\u003eLittle House in the Big Woods\u003c\/i\u003e. A closet full of dresses sewn before she was born. All these things tell a story, but is it hers?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIsabel is a single twenty-something in Portland, Oregon, who repairs damaged books in the basement of the local library, dreaming of a life she can’t quite reach. She is filled with longing—for a life in Amsterdam even though she’s never visited, for the unrequited love of a coworker, for a simpler time from her childhood in Alaska among the threatened glaciers she loves, and for the perfect vintage dress to wear to a party that just might change everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnfolding over the course of a single day, Alexis M. Smith’s shimmering debut finds Isabel looking into her past—remembering her parents’ separation, a meeting with an astrologer, and a life-changing encounter with a glacier—and shows us how fleeting, everyday moments can reveal an entire life. In classic movies, in old photographs and unsent postcards, rare books, and thrifted gems, \u003ci\u003eGlaciers\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a young woman’s love of the past and a hope to make something new and all her own.\"Lyrical and luminous.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An Alaskan childhood and dreams of faraway cities such as Amsterdam inform Alexis M. Smith's \u003ci\u003eGlaciers\u003c\/i\u003e, a delicate debut novel set in Portland. . . . that reveals in short, memory-soaked postcards of prose a day in the life of twentysomething library worker Isabel.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This novella is a tribute to quiet, meaningful moments: a languid morning, an assessment in a mirror, a chance encounter. \u003ci\u003eGlaciers\u003c\/i\u003e is unhurried but precise; \u003ci\u003eGlaciers\u003c\/i\u003e is vast but expertly contained; \u003ci\u003eGlaciers\u003c\/i\u003e is perfect.\" —\u003cb\u003ePowell's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Delighted me the whole way through.\"—\u003cb\u003eMaria Semple, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A spare, beautifully written first novel.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Truly beautiful and profound.\"—\u003cb\u003eParnassus Musing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Glaciers\u003c\/i\u003e, Alexis Smith’s brilliant debut novel, is filled with kaleidoscopic pleasures. Using prose as clear as pure, cold air, Smith moves the narrative vertically as well as horizontally, each ticking minute yielding more insights into a young woman’s life revealed over one single day. The past, present, and imaginary future stream into beautifully unstable geometries: Isabel's childhood snows from her youth in Alaska are juxtaposed against her adult trip to a vintage thrift store; her hopes for an evening party push against the echoes of war that haunt a young soldier whom she loves. Line by line, in and out of time, this is a haunted, joyful, beautiful book—a true gift.\" —\u003cb\u003eKaren Russell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A delicate and piercing first novel. \u003ci\u003eGlaciers\u003c\/i\u003e is like a vintage dress: charming, understated and glinting with memories of loneliness and love.\" —\u003cb\u003eJane Mendelsohn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Alexis M. Smith's \u003ci\u003eGlaciers\u003c\/i\u003e is a quietly powerful fairy tale. Smith's voice, patient and understated and precise captures the poetry of loss and longing.\" —\u003cb\u003eCara Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Glaciers\u003c\/i\u003e is a carefully precise and beautiful meditation on one young woman’s restless heart. It resonates like a haunting postcard from someone else’s life.\" —\u003cb\u003eKevin Sampsell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\" cannot easily remember the last time I've been so deeply moved as in this quiet treasure.\"—\u003cb\u003eDouglas A. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis M. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e’s writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTarpaulin Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoss\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePortland Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBon Appétit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spokesman-Review\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eMarrow Island\u003c\/i\u003e, is the winner of a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and a Lambda Literary Award. She lives in Spokane, Washington.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaris Kreizman\u003c\/b\u003e is the host of \u003ci\u003eThe Maris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, a weekly literary podcast from Lit Hub. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. She is also the author of an essay collection, \u003ci\u003eI Want to Burn This Place Down\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233195536613,"sku":"NP9781953534903","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781953534903.jpg?v=1767728180","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/glaciers-isbn-9781953534903","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}