Sniffy's Icehouse

By Paul Beach

Her eyes flickered quickly under her eyelids. Raven woke up feeling guilty and confused; then, she pulled the blanket aside, and went out. What a disgusting dream. A mouse had crawled out from between... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595137318
• ISBN13: 9780595137312
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A Storyteller's Tale of Ancient Days

In a world of ever encroaching technological advances, that rob us of our connection with the natural world, and our eternal bond with each other, along comes a tale that rips the curtain of time away, to a simpler era - the Ice Age. In Paul Beach's new novel, Sniffy's Icehouse, just such an experience, can be found. His is a gift for storytelling that grabs hold of the reader from the very beginning and doesn't let go until the complete story has unfolded, and the last page has been turned. For me, it was two full days of escape into an ancient world, once known only to my ancestors, the smell of burnt embers that faded into the brutal cold winter's night as I crept ever closer to the fire to listen to this storyteller's tale of ancient days, and the people that populated them. For this is more than a mere novel, it is a time capsule to the distant past, a view into the misty edges of time, to "see and share" the experiences of seven women and the lives they touched. Their names are Sniffy, Raven, Fruity, Akyla, Leasa, Lady and Jacinta. They along with the rest of cast of characters given breath by this storyteller's craft, tell the tale of great mammoth hunts and prehistoric life, in an Ice Age long forgotten by modern man. Modern readers will be shocked to learn how similar we are these characters and their relationships to each other. Humans haven't changed, it's just the differences in the landscape , ours is pre-planned and tamed, theirs was uncharted and brutal. Do not miss this golden opportunity to return to our past, and re-capture the wonder of the natural world in all it's splendor, and perhaps feel a kinship with these ancient people from an ice-covered landscape that once was mankind's. A perfectly told saga, just the ticket to cool off the blistering heat of summer's glaring sun. Come and feel the coolness of " Sniffy's Icehouse", it will be a feeling that will linger, long after the last word is read.