Winter's Bone: A Novel

Winter's Bone: A Novel: The sheriff's deputy at the front door brings hard news to Ree Dolly. Her father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn't show up for his next court date. Ree's father has disappeared before. The Dolly clan has worked the shadowy side of the law for generations, and arrests (and attempts to avoid them) are part of life in Rathlin Valley. With two young brothers depending on her and a mother who's entered a kind of second childhood, 16-year-old Ree knows she has to bring her father back, dead or alive. She has grown up in the harsh poverty of the Ozarks and learns quickly that asking questions of the rough Dolly clan can be a fatal mistake. But along the way to a shocking revelation, Ree discovers unforeseen depths in herself and in a family network that protects its own at any cost.

"Like his characters, and especially his teen characters, Woodrell's prose mixes tough and tender so thoroughly yet so delicately that we never taste even a hint of false bravado, on the one hand, or sentimentality, on the other. And Ree is one of those heroines whose courage and vulnerability are both irresistible and completely believable - think of not just Mattie Ross in True Grit but also Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird or even Eliza Naumann in Bee Season. One runs out of superlatives to describe Woodrell's fiction. (Booklist)

• Winter's Bone: A Novel (Unabridged) - iTunes Audiobook

  Price

  $19.95 $14.95 (25% Off) Download on iTunes
  (as of 2010-09-04 19:36 PDT)

  Publisher

  Hachette Audio

  Shop

  Apple iTunes Store

  Format

  iTunes Audiobook

  Publish Date

  Jul 20, 2010

  Sales Rank

  46

  Length

  4 hours 53 minutes

  Narrator

  Narrator:Emma Galvin Preview

  Presented by

  Audible.com

  Product Description / Editorial Review

  The sheriff's deputy at the front door brings hard news to Ree Dolly. Her father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn't show up for his next court date. Ree's father has disappeared before. The Dolly clan has worked the shadowy side of the law for generations, and arrests (and attempts to avoid them) are part of life in Rathlin Valley. With two young brothers depending on her and a mother who's entered a kind of second childhood, 16-year-old Ree knows she has to bring her father back, dead or alive. She has grown up in the harsh poverty of the Ozarks and learns quickly that asking questions of the rough Dolly clan can be a fatal mistake. But along the way to a shocking revelation, Ree discovers unforeseen depths in herself and in a family network that protects its own at any cost.
  
  "Like his characters, and especially his teen characters, Woodrell's prose mixes tough and tender so thoroughly yet so delicately that we never taste even a hint of false bravado, on the one hand, or sentimentality, on the other. And Ree is one of those heroines whose courage and vulnerability are both irresistible and completely believable - think of not just Mattie Ross in True Grit but also Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird or even Eliza Naumann in Bee Season. One runs out of superlatives to describe Woodrell's fiction. (Booklist) — Source: Apple iTunes Store

  Customer Reviews

  The Winter's Bone

  I saw the movie before I listened to the audiobook. I was so intrigued by the movie that I was unsure the book would be comparable. It was and more! The narrator did an excellent job and the story was compelling. I would recommend this book to anyone. A must-read.

  Rating: 5
  Winter's Bone: A Novel (Unabridged) review by pensky, 2010-08-16

  

• Winter's Bone: A Novel (Unabridged) - Digital Download

  Price

  $30.80 $21.56 (30% Off) Buy from Audible.com
  (as of 2010-07-28 0:00 PDT)

  Publisher

  Hachette Audio

  Shop

  Audible

  Format

  Digital Download

  Publish Date

  Jul 19, 2010

  Length

  4 hours 56 minutes

  Narrator

  Emma Galvin

  Preview

  mwprealmp3

  Promotion

  Sign up AudibleListener® Gold and Download Winter's Bone: A Novel (Unabridged) for Special Offer Price: $7.49

  Product Description / Editorial Review

  The sheriff's deputy at the front door brings hard news to Ree Dolly. Her father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn't show up for his next court date.Ree's father has disappeared before. The Dolly clan has worked the shadowy side of the law for generations, and arrests (and attempts to avoid them) are part of life in Rathlin Valley. With two young brothers depending on her and a mother who's entered a kind of second childhood, 16-year-old Ree knows she has to bring her father back, dead or alive. She has grown up in the harsh poverty of the Ozarks and learns quickly that asking questions of the rough Dolly clan can be a fatal mistake. But along the way to a shocking revelation, Ree discovers unforeseen depths in herself and in a family network that protects its own at any cost. — Source: Audible

  

• Customer Reviews

  "Winter's Bone: A Novel" customer reviews and ratings