Tom Lynch

East coast writer Alice Hoffman has created a fantasy. The acclaimed storyteller, who has more than fifteen novels under her belt, delivers "The Ice Queen," a cinematic, dreamlike story of a woman whose life changes drastically after she's struck by lightning. She searches for other survivors to explain how her body feels--frozen in ice--so she can grasp understanding. This leads her to Lazarus, a man who's pronounced dead only to rise minutes later, and Hoffman's mystery begins. The inevitable love twist aside, "The Ice Queen" adeptly asks more questions than it offers answers, but like most things, lightning can be tricky.

Alice Hoffman discusses "The Ice Queen" on April 6 at Barnes & Noble, 55 Old Orchard Drive, Skokie, (847)676-2230, at 7:30pm. Free.

(2005-03-29)

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