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978-1-878086-74-7
1-878086-74-X
$14.95 paperback
5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
272 pages
Down Home Press
Read the book, then rent the film starring Kurt Russell, Lloyd Bridges,
and Kelly McGillis!
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Drenched in local
wit and wisdom...filled with vivid evocations of the mountains...alive
with rounded, nuanced characters.... --New York Times
Unquestionably
his best book...a very substantial piece of work; thoroughly rewarding
and satisfying in every important respect. --Jonathan Yardley,
Washington Post
Spare, funny,
harrowing, moving....Ehle draws this stark tragedy with sure, swift
strokes. --Newsweek
While sitting in her
150-year-old cabin in the mountains of North Carolina at the beginning
of the Depression, Collie Wright sees furtive figures emerging from the
woods on a chilly, near-winter evening. The figures turn out to be
clockmaker Wayland Jackson, a widower on his way to Tennessee to seek
work, and his 12-year-old daughter, Paula. Wayland's truck has broken
down, and the two have lost their way. Collie allows them to stay the
night, and Jackson is immediately taken with her. But she is an
unmarried woman with a newborn baby and dark secrets, the object of
tawdry talk although her family is the most prominent in the community.
Jackson stays to become a clock repairman, to build a clock tower for
the community--and to court Collie. But the father of Collie's child, a
wild young man from a mountain clan long in conflict with her family,
soon returns to claim his rights, and a violent showdown forces Collie
into the most painful decision of her life. The Winter People
became a feature film starring Kurt Russell, Lloyd Bridges, and Kelly
McGillis.
about the author
A native of Asheville, North Carolina, John Ehle is the author of
numerous novels and works of non-fiction. He lives in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina.
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