The Snow Child : Paperback : Reagan Arthur Books : 9780316175661 : 0316175668 : 06 Nov 2012 : `Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart--he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and despair. In a moment of levity during the season\'s first snowfall, they build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is gone--but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees`--Provided by publisher.