In Jim Grimsley's remarkable first novel,
Winter Birds, Danny Crell tells himself
his own story, and in doing so illuminates
the heartbreaking story of his father's violent
tyranny over his mother, his sister, and his three
younger brothers.
The novel begins on Thanksgiving in rural
North Carolina in a broken-down cottage the
Crell children have nicknamed "The Circle
House." Ellen Crell's attempts at a family meal
are thwarted and finally disastrously ruined
when Bobjay draws her into a violent quarrel.
It leads to a chase wherein Bobjay is the hunter,
Ellen the prey, and their five children are caught
in between.
Winter Birds is a haunting, unforgettable
portrait of an American family shattered by
violence, and of the lengths a woman will go to
keep her family whole.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Winter Birds, Danny Crell tells himself
his own story, and in doing so illuminates
the heartbreaking story of his father's violent
tyranny over his mother, his sister, and his three
younger brothers.
The novel begins on Thanksgiving in rural
North Carolina in a broken-down cottage the
Crell children have nicknamed "The Circle
House." Ellen Crell's attempts at a family meal
are thwarted and finally disastrously ruined
when Bobjay draws her into a violent quarrel.
It leads to a chase wherein Bobjay is the hunter,
Ellen the prey, and their five children are caught
in between.
Winter Birds is a haunting, unforgettable
portrait of an American family shattered by
violence, and of the lengths a woman will go to
keep her family whole.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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