2014 Reads – How to Write Short has an impact on reading Daniel Woodrell’s Winter’s Bone!
Last night with music from the Hank Mobley Quintet playing in the background, I finished Daniel Woodrell's great novel Winter's Bone. While the book is not classified as a mystery, the plot of the novel centers around a big one. Where's Jessup? Jessup is the meth cooking father of the book's central character, 16 year-old, Ree Dolly. Ree has a big problem, if her Pa doesn't appear for a court date, Ree and her two brother's, and Ma could lose their family home, which Jessup posted as collateral to make his bail. So Ree sets out, braving the bitter Ozark winter, searching the hills for her father. But many of the tight-lipped inter-related folks, who live in the hills, live on the wrong side of the law, and would rather fight than give up their secrets. But Ree needs to push on, for her home and the ones who are in her care, but will she be able to live with the answer??....
