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Also by Daniel Woodrell:

The Maid's Version, September 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
The Outlaw Album, October 2011
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Winter's Bone, August 2006
Hardcover
Give Us A Kiss, August 1998
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Winter's Bone
Daniel Woodrell

Little, Brown
August 2006
On Sale: August 7, 2006
Featuring: Ree Dailey
208 pages
ISBN: 031605755X
EAN: 9780316057554
Hardcover
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Fiction

Meet Ree Dolly -- not since Mattie Ross stormed her way through Arkansas in True Grit has a young girl so fiercely defended her loved ones. Sixteen-year-old Ree Dolly has grown up in the harsh poverty of the Ozarks and belongs to a large extended family. On a bitterly cold day, Ree, who takes care of her two younger brothers as well as her mother, learns that her father has skipped bail. If he fails to appear for his upcoming court date on charges of cooking crystal meth, his family will lose their house, the only security they have.

Winter's Bone is the story of Ree's quest to bring her father back, alive or dead. Her goal had been to leave her messy world behind and join the army, where "everybody had to help keep things clean." But her father's disappearance forces her to first take on the outlaw world of the Dolly family. Ree's plan is elemental and direct: find her father, teach her little brothers how to fend for themselves, and escape a downward spiral of misery.

Asking questions of the rough Dolly clan can be a fatal mistake, but Ree perseveres. Her courage and purity of spirit make her a truly compelling figure. She learns that what she had long considered to be the burdens imposed on her by her family are, in fact, the responsibilities that give meaning and direction to her life. Her story is made palpable by Woodrell, who is "that infrequent thing, a born writer" (Philadelphia Inquirer).

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2 comments posted.

Re: Winter's Bone

Different from what I normally read, but sounds interesting - have added to the wish list!
(Karen Cherubino 12:44pm February 25, 2011)

This sounds really good. I like books like this one and looking forward to reading. Thanks.
(JoAnn White 9:55am February 26, 2011)