Winter's Bone : A Novel (Paperback)

from KromesTomes

Daniel Woodrell is one of the foremost writers working in what's been called "hillbilly noir" and Winter's Bone is an excellent example of the genre. Jessup Dolly, the local gourmet crank chef, has gone missing, and his 16-year-old daughter, Ree, has to find him. It seems Jessup has put the Dolly...

from -Cee-

Excellent writing. The story of a gutsy 17 yr old girl, Ree, who takes responsibility for her family when the parents fail. There is a strong sense of extended family and a gripping tension as they align themselves for and against each other. Ree learns tough lessons the hard way. Woodrell's writ...

from clfisha

Darkly compelling, beautifully written Noir Evocatively woven, this tale of survival and disappearance in the tightly knitted community in the Orzaks, USA. The simmering tensions and tightly controlled social rules, the bleak and cold setting both entwine and kick the book's atmosphere straight i...

from Donna828

A brutal story about hard times in the hill country of southern Missouri. It's a tough life growing up with pot farms and meth labs as the major (and only) "industry", but 17-year-old Ree is a Dolly "bred'n buttered" and is up to the task of saving her family. The disappearance of the father befo...

from MiceTuff

Winters Bone is a story of tenacity and courage under extremely harsh and grim circumstances and one girl's struggle to take matters into her own hands. She bravely faces much adversity and danger in order to protect her Mother and siblings. She singlehandedly deals with a culture of drugs and vi...