When Ree Dollys father skips bail, the 16-year-old knows if he doesn\'t show up, her family will lose their home. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review.
The lineage from Faulkner to Woodrell runs as deep and true as an Ozark stream in this book...his most profound and haunting yet.
But, as an unsettling revelation lurks, Ree discovers unforeseen depths in herself and in a family network that protects its own at any cost.
Living in the harsh poverty of the Ozarks, Ree learns quickly that asking questions of the rough Dolly clan can be a fatal mistake.
With two young brothers depending on her, 16-year-old Ree knows she has to bring her father back, dead or alive.
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.
Her goal had been to leave her life of poverty and join the Army, but first she must find her father, teach her little brothers to fend for themselves, and escape a downward spiral of misery.
When Ree Dollys father skips bail, the 16-year-old knows if he doesn\'t show up, her family will lose their home
