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The Ice Child
The Ice Child
Author: Elizabeth McGregor
When Jo Harper falls in love with a maverick archaeologist, Doug Marshall, she also falls into Doug's obsession with one of history's greatest mysteries of exploration: one hundred fifty years ago, Sir John Franklin and his crew of one hundred twenty men sailed two ships to the Arctic on a surveying trip and were never seen again. Doug h...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780525945673
ISBN-10: 0525945679
Publication Date: 5/1/2001
Pages: 372
Rating:
  • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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3.1 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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reviewed The Ice Child on + 17 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This was described as a good beach book, but was also good for winter cold reading. It weaves together a modern day story about a reporter and archeologist with an interest in the disappearance of the Franklin Expedition in 1845 in the Arctic. This was an actual event. The story is told from several points of view between the past and present. It's fast paced and satisfying that difficult family relationships are resolved in a hopeful way.
galnsearch avatar reviewed The Ice Child on + 143 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This was one of my all time favorite books. It was part mystery, part thriller, part historical, and part love story.
momoffour49783 avatar reviewed The Ice Child on + 43 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Really well written but I got bogged down with it. Had to force myself somewhat to finish it. It was good though...just not my cuppa tea.
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Helpful Score: 2
I enjoyed the first half of this book detailing the arctic exploration and the polar bear seemingly following them. When the second half unexpectedly morphed into a fight to save a 2 year old's life from a rare life-threatening disease worse than Leukemia, I completely lost interest. Don't get me wrong, the book is okay but I tend to stay away from these topics as they are way to depressing to be reading for pleasure.
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Helpful Score: 1
Great adventure and love story. Very different. Loved the arctic piece!
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reviewed The Ice Child on + 35 more book reviews
As a student of polar exploration I looked forward to reading this book about Franklin's expedition. This is an interesting but frustrating melange of past and present, highlighting the woes of a current-day family dealing with obsession about the Franklin expedition and historical fiction regarding several crew members while actually immersed in the survival story. Both past and present stories went back and forth, both were truly stories of courage and survival in the face of overwhelming odds. Unfortunately, this creative presentation didn't appeal to me as a follower of the historic explorations, but it was a good story and compellingly related. Not a bad book, just not for me.


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