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A Winter's Rime

A Novel

by Carol Dunbar
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A harrowing and emotional novel set in rural Wisconsin—A Winter's Rime explores the impact of generational trauma, and one woman's journey to find peace and healing from the violence of her past.
Mallory Moe is a twenty-five-year-old veteran Army mechanic, living with her girlfriend, Andrea, and working overnights at a gas station store while figuring out what's next. Andrea's off-grid cabin provides a perfect sanctuary for Mallory, a synesthete with a hypersensitivity to sound that can trigger flashbacks from her childhood.
The getaway that's largely abandoned during the off season starts out idyllic, until Andrea's once-loving behavior turns controlling and abusive, and Mallory once again finds herself not wanting to go home. After a particularly disturbing altercation, Mallory escapes into the subzero night and stumbles into Shay, a teenage girl, injured and asking for help. But it isn't long before she realizes that Shay isn't the only one who needs saving.
A story about sisterhood and second chances, A Winter's Rime looks to nature to find what it can teach us about bearing hardship and expanding our capacity to forgive—not just others, but ourselves.
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  • Release date

    September 12, 2023

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781250826893

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781250826893
      • File size: 2075 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      Starred review from August 1, 2023
      Mallory Moe is an army mechanic back from serving in Kuwait who has immediately consigned herself to self-imposed exile. She considers herself dangerous to others due to a ferocious temper and a medical condition that unpredictably either debilitates her or evokes violent reactions. Only immersion in nature or physical exertion can quench Mallory's simmering rage and alleviate her hypersensitivity. After a particularly volcanic fight with her partner, she seeks refuge in the woods, where she encounters a battered teen fleeing from a too-familiar scene. Compelled to assume responsibility for the girl's safety, Mallory compares their parallel experiences and obtains valuable insight into the source of her own puzzling explosivity. Dunbar's (The Net Beneath Us, 2022) rich depiction of a brutally crystallized Wisconsin landscape reflects the callous cruelty endured by her characters. Closing her absorbing narrative, the author helpfully includes a list of active resources for those impacted by abusive situations. PTSD sufferers and trauma survivors will recognize many of the symptoms that Dunbar portrays, and her treatment of the subject is unflinchingly raw but unwaveringly compassionate.

      COPYRIGHT(2023) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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