School's back in session!

(Think Alice Cooper song lyrics - only in reverse!)  And it looks like quite the challenging semester is up ahead.  In preparation, I finished one more back last night - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey.  This one is actually classified as adult fiction - though teens might enjoy reading it also.   It takes place on the Wolverine River in Alaska in 1920 (which is apparently fictional - since there is a Wolverine Creek in Alaska, but not a river).   Mabel and Jack are in their 50s and have moved to Alaska from Pennsylvania - homesteading in the Alaska wilderness.  They have no children - they did have one baby in PA, born prematurely, who did not survive.  And their longing for children is a driving force in the book.  The book has so many layers - I really enjoyed it.  It's a gentle read which is interesting when you consider that homesteading in Alaska is anything but gentle.  And it is also many different things - a retelling of an old Russian fairy tale; a tale of community and pitching in together to help a neighbor in need; a couple of love stories; a tale of remembering old passions (as in a passion for art, for example).  It also involves magical realism to some extent - which the author pretty much leaves up to you.  I think it would be an excellent book club choice because there will be those that love it, those that like it, and those that do not like it at all.  Below, from Eowyn's blog, are the US cover and the UK cover.  Which do you prefer?