Updates from the Wisconsin woods
Booklist Review of A Winter’s Rime
"Dunbar’s rich depiction of a brutally crystallized Wisconsin landscape reflects the callous cruelty endured by her characters…her treatment of [PTSD and trauma] is unflinchingly raw but unwaveringly compassionate."
— BOOKLIST
Issue: August 2023, Booklist.
Ann Patchett’s bookstore reviews THE NET BENEATH US
Elsa goes from a life of privilege to a life off the grid learning to cope with all the challenges. It’s a story of love, loss, grief, friendship, family and resilience. Dunbar draws from her own life experience in this beautifully written debut novel.
Ann Patchett’s bookstore reviewed THE NET BENEATH US!
THE NET BENEATH US featured in Musing, Parnassus Bookstore, October 5, 2022.
Superior Reads: Review of The Net Beneath Us
Highly recommended for fans of Maggie O’Farrell, Nichole Kraus, and Ann Patchett. Listen to my interview with Carol Dunbar September 22 at 7:00 pm on Superior Reads, WTIP Radio, 90.7 Grand Marais, or stream it from the web at wtip.org.
— Superior Reads
Lake Superior Magazine: Review of The Net Beneath Us
This beautifully told lyrical novel, with metaphors of the natural world that will take your breath away, is the story of grief and commitment, belonging and isolation, told within the year-long events of living in our region’s beloved North Woods.
— Lake Superior Magazine
August/September 2022.
Booklist Review of The Net Beneath Us
Drawing from her own experience living off the grid in northern Wisconsin, Dunbar's debut novel encapsulates what it means to come home to oneself.
— BOOKLIST
Issue: August 1, 2022, Booklist.
