Where Are the Snows

By Maggie Gee

Book Overview

"The most exhilarating novel I've read all year."-- Scotland on Sunday "A rich story of the heart told through a harlequin pattern of alternating voices, each of which is a work of real imaginative insight."-- Marie Claire Christopher and Alexandra's passion for each other raises eyebrows and invites envy. This beautiful, blinkered couple do the unthinkable and run away from home, abandoning their two teenage children. Their sudden departure is an act of glorious willfulness. Life in the countries they visit is nothing more than a backdrop to their love affair. Fifteen years later, Alexandra is in remote Bolivia with a lover young enough to be her son and Christopher is in Venice, desolate and alone but for the pigeons and prostitutes. Tormented by past mistakes, neither can accept that they may never meet again.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846590019
• ISBN13: 9781846590016
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Telegram Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

A beautiful tale of love

I disagree whole-heartedly with the reviewer from Kirkus Reviews. I found this book, known to me as "Where are the snows?" absolutely riveting and beautiful. The characters were well suited to the story, with beautiful Irish Alex and dapper Christopher spinning their life away as the end of the millenium approaches.The book paints a picture of what hedonism can lead to and what happens when you use the world until it grows tired. The story is poignant and their love is truly beautiful. It makes one believe that there is someone out there, a soulmate, who will make you whole. Which is exactly what Alex and Christopher were.This is one of my all time favourite books and I would heartily recommend it to anyone.