PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Nathaniel Ian Miller holds an MFA in Creative Writing and MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana and is a former resident in the Arctic Circle Expeditionary Program. He has written for Virginia Quarterly Review, and for newspapers in Wisconsin, New Mexico, Montana, and Colorado, for which he received multiple Associated Press Awards. He lives with his family on a farm in central Vermont.
Picaresque, gentle and slyly humorous; the glacial beauty of the northern landscape is the backdrop to arresting horrors, concealed passions, and a lifetime of kindnesses - all superbly rendered by Miller: a joy to read * Oisin Fagan, author of Nobber * A kind of Odyssey, complete with dogs worthy of Argos and a few precious human companions, this spare and unusual novel plumbs the dark side of polar narratives * Andrea Barrett, National Book Award-winning author of The Voyage of the Narwhal and Ship Fever * Both a polar adventure and a consideration of what makes our lives worth living * Caitlin Horrocks, author of The Vexations * The magic of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is in its defiance of dark expectations . . . some of the most convincing portrayals I've seen of human beings creating connection and kindnesses despite their brutal circumstances and unhealed wounds * David James Duncan, author of the national bestsellers The River Why and The Brothers K * In attempting to inhabit the uninhabitable, one man shows us that no place is inhospitable to the human heart, and in delivering this searing portrait, Nathaniel Ian Miller ascends to the firmament of today's most exciting young novelists * Adam Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master's Son * This novel's hard-won wisdom, droll humor, and offhanded insights about human nature will pierce you to the core * Christina Baker Kline, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train and The Exiles * Miller's prose is lit by sparks of Sven's somber humor and descriptive elegance . . . Miller's characterization is exceptional and thoroughly engaging . . . vividly portrayed * Booklist, starred review * Captivating ... Miller offers a marvelously detailed look at a way of life and a profession practiced in an extreme environment, and though purportedly based on a historical figure, the character's colorfully rendered experiences are the stuff of powerful dramatic fiction * Publishers Weekly, starred review * Readers will love the beauty and depth of his story... A Swedish trapper relates his unique life with insights about friendship, hardship, and solitude * Kirkus, starred review * Transporting and wholly original . . . Inspired by a real man, this modern-day Call of the Wild is funny, moving and ceaselessly compelling * People Magazine *
