The Ice House (Hardcover) by Laura Lee Smith

from librarian1204

Because I loved Heart Of Palms, the first book written by Ms Smith, I preordered this book. An excellent read. Great characters immersed in a story that moves from Florida to Scotland. The variety of characters tell the story from their own prospectives and keep the plot line moving. Reminiscent ...

from linda.a.

Johnny and Pauline MacKinnon have been married for twenty-five years; they live in Florida, where they run the ice factory which Pauline inherited from her father. When the story opens the future of the factory is under threat because, following a serious leak of ammonia at the plant, the health ...

from Alphawoman

Wonderful characters and good plot. Universal themes, love, loyalty, self awareness, family, and morality.

from c.archer

I took a chance on this book knowing little about the story or the author. I'm so glad that I did! This is a wonderful story filled with subplots and great characters that I really cared about. I found myself pulled back into the book and wanting to pick it whenever I had a free moment. I would s...

from dmclane

Wasn't expecting much from this book but to my delight and surprise I learned otherwise. I thought that a mundane story about husband and wife factory owners would be ordinary and not very interesting, at best there'd be some interpersonal relationships discussed that might have been interesting;...