Author

Publication

1989-05-01 - Harpercollins

Language

English

Word Count

68,000 words, Guess

Page Count

272 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780060809393
  • Open LibraryOL7282229M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3555.H5 W5 1982

Description

Collie Wright lives alone with her baby in a cabin in western North Carolina. A recently widowed clockmaker happens by with his daughter, and Collie takes them in. Then her erstwhile lover arrives for a violent showdown.

First Sentence

About an hour before sundown, she saw a man moving through her deadened woods, coming toward her house.

Excerpt

About an hour before sundown, she saw a man moving through her deadened woods, coming toward her house.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Winter PeopleHarpercollins1989-05-01

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