The River in Winter Author:David Small The River in Winter is the story of seventeen-year-old Joe Weatherfield's attempt to find love, mercy, and redemption in a world charged with the moral wreckage of family decisions made long before he was born. His search carries him from Massachusetts to Florida and finally to Dunnocks Head, Maine, where he rediscovers his long-estranged... more » grandfather and quickly becomes involved in a kidnapping, a murder, and a long-buried scandal; all of which leads him to the hard irredeemable lesson that the innocent are often as guilty as the damned.« less