| The Ice Queen | |
| Author: | Alice Hoffman |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Historical Fiction |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown US Chatto & Windus (UK) |
| Published: | 2005 |
| Media Type: | |
| Pages: | 224 pages |
| Isbn: | 0316154385 |
| Wikisource: | The Ice Queen |
The Ice Queen is a 2005 novel by Alice Hoffman, published by Little, Brown.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The Ice Queen is a nameless woman who makes a wish as an eight-year-old child that ruins her life. She grows up cold and unfriendly until, as she stands by her kitchen window, she is struck by a bolt of lightning. She survives but is changed: now it's as if she is made of ice. Also, she can no longer see the color red. She hears of a man called Lazarus Jones, who also survived being struck by lightning, and who is reputed to have a heart and soul made of fire. He came back to life after being dead for 40 minutes. They embark on a turbulent love affair whilst trying to hide their secrets: how one became full of fire and the other became made of ice.