Winter’s Bone - Daniel Woodrell

Written by Daniel Woodrell
Read by Emma Galvin
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Hachette Audio
Awards: Audie Award: Best Fiction for Young Adults
Release date: July 20, 2010
Duration: 04:53:33

Ree Dolly’s 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. With two young brothers depending on her, 16-year-old Ree knows she has to bring her father back, dead or alive. Living in the harsh poverty of the Ozarks, Ree learns quickly that asking questions of the rough Dolly clan can be a fatal mistake. But, as an unsettling revelation lurks, Ree discovers unforeseen depths in herself and in a family network that protects its own at any cost.

“The lineage from Faulkner to Woodrell runs as deep and true as an Ozark stream in this book…his most profound and haunting yet.”

“This dark, captivating novel portrays contemporary life in the Ozarks. Focusing on 16-year-old Ree Dolly, and the rest of the Dolly clan, Daniel Woodrell paints a stark examination of an impoverished community. Emma Galvin’s performance is simply superb. Whether Ree is asking difficult questions or learning family secrets, the listener is absorbed by the young woman’s search for her missing father, who cooks methamphetamines. Now he must be found–or the Dollys will lose their home to the bail bondsman. Ree’s character is a complex figure. Galvin conveys both the young woman’s innocence and surprising worldliness through the tone and depth of her voice.”— Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award