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Winter Birds
Winter Birds
Author: Jim Grimsley
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 hav...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780684829913
ISBN-10: 0684829916
Publication Date: 1/30/1997
Pages: 224
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  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 19 ratings
Publisher: Touchstone
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Sianeka avatar reviewed Winter Birds on + 114 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
This story is the story of a poor white family growing up in the rural south. Jim Grimsley has a way of making the characters come to life such that you want to find out what happens to them. Unfortunately, this being a "slice-of-live" book, you only get this short glimpse into their lives and then the book is over. The fact that I didn't want it to be done when it was is testament to the story and to the main character, Danny Crell, a hemophiliac son in this dysfunctional family. (Note, for those of you who wanted to continue to read more, like myself, Danny's story continues in Grimsley's novel Comfort and Joy.)
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Helpful Score: 1
Excellent, read in one sitting. Depressing but still a good read.
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Excellently written story about poor family with abusive alcoholic father. Very moving and poignant.


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