Chloe Mayer wrote The Boy Made of Snow.
The Boy Made of Snow by Chloe Mayer is a stunning and poetic debut novel set in wartime England, merging innocence, imagination, and emotional fragility. Daniel's mother starts to lose touch with reality, so he escapes into a world of fairy tales. But when a German POW returns to his hamlet, Daniel creates a perilous link between imagination and truth.
This emotional coming-of-age narrative tackles the power of stories, the horror of war, and the delicate balance between childish aspirations and adult truths.
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Perfect for fans of Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, The Book Thief, and Atonement, this is literary historical fiction with a terrifying emotional core.
Why You Should Read The Boy Made of Snow:
Set During WWII: A unique glimpse of the home front and POW camps in England.
Child’s Perspective: Blurs fiction and reality with painful clarity.
Escape and loss are two themes that look at bereavement, mental illness, and the imagination.
Critically Acclaimed: A bold new voice's first book is a moving, evocative one.
Quote from the book: "Sometimes stories are safer than the truth, but they can be just as dangerous."
Translation (Sinhala): "කාලයකින් කතා සත්යය보다 ආරක්ෂිත විය හැකියි නමුත් ඒවාද අයෙකුට අනතුරුදායක වෙයි."
"Sometimes stories can be safer than the truth, but they can also become dangerous."
Availability at Booxworm.lk
You can get The Boy Made of Snow by Chloe Mayer online at Booxworm.lk or come to our store in Colombo to pick up this beautifully written and emotionally charged book.
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About the Book
The Boy Made of Snow is the title.
By Chloe Mayer
ISBN: 9781473652002
Publisher: W&N (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
Published Year: 2017
Number of Pages: About 320 (Paperback)
