The Snowmans Children, Glen Hirshberg
The Snowmans Children, Glen Hirshberg
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The Snowman's Children
A Novel

Author: Glen Hirshberg

Narrator: Joe Hempel

Unabridged: 10 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/24/2020

Synopsis

The Snowman's Children is a poignant, psychologically intense first novel that tells the story of an incident from one man's childhood in the 1970s, when a serial killer called The Snowman stalked the streets of suburban Detroit.

The incident, a result of good but woefully misguided juvenile intentions, forced his family to leave their home, and eventually forced him, at age twenty-nine, to return to his hometown in search of three old friends.

Reminiscent of both To Kill a Mockingbird in its touching portrait of childhood, and the beautifully written brand of suspense that calls to mind Smilla's Sense of Snow, The Snowman's Children is an unusually controlled and original novel that establishes Hirshberg as an important new voice in American literature.

About Glen Hirshberg

Glen Hirshberg has won the Shirley Jackson Award and several International Horror Guild Awards; he is a multiple finalist for the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award. Hirshberg lives in the Los Angeles area with his family. His first novel, The Snowman's Children, was a Literary Guild Featured Selection. His collection, The Two Sams, won three International Horror Guild Awards and was named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly. He teaches high school English and creative writing.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark

2015 review: A friend pointed me in the direction Glen Hirshberg’s first novel, “The Snowman’s Children,” several years ago, and it remains one of the best recommendations I’ve received. The book left a strong impression on me, and after a second read, it’s become one of my very favorites. “Snowman’s......more

Goodreads review by Phillip

Don't go into The Snowman's Children expecting a fast-paced thriller. This is not that book. Instead, it is much more along the lines of Lee Thomas's The German or Peter Straub's A Dark Matter; books that methodically breakdown the abrupt change from boy to man, from child to adult, and all the terr......more

Goodreads review by Michael

Great coming of age story that tells the story of a group of friends in the 1970's when a serial killer is kidnapping children in their city. The story has more to do with the events that change the characters while growing up.......more

Goodreads review by Des

It is also a perfect ending to yet another major reading experience that Hirshberg has provided for me over the last few weeks and month The detailed review of this book posted elsewhere under my name is too long to post here. Above is one of its observations.......more

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