Updates from the Wisconsin woods
Douglas County writer launches second novel
Carol Dunbar's second novel, "A Winter's Rime" looks inward to healing from trauma.
Feature: Superior Telegram, September 2023
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.
Off-grid novelist's new book connects brutal winter and healing trauma
In the remote northwoods of Wisconsin, Mallory Moe is having a difficult time adjusting to civilian life. She's fresh out of military service, living with her abusive girlfriend in an off-grid cabin and grappling with PTSD symptoms related to a traumatic childhood. Although she's seeking solace in the rugged solitude that only sparsely populated, natural settings can provide, she soon learns she needs people — specifically an injured, clearly traumatized young woman who appears in the woods one night — to begin peeling back the layers of what haunts them both.
Maggie Ginsberg, Madison Magazine
The Net Beneath Us Wins the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award
Both lyrical and tough, this is a story that will stay with you: tender, graceful, ethereal, and proving just how much we need each other and nature. —Allison Stine, judge of the 2022 Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award
A WINTER’S RIME now available for pre-order
Haunting, hypnotic and deeply affecting, A Winter's Rime shimmers with hard-won wisdom. —Jillian Medoff, bestselling author of When We Were Bright and Beautiful
A story about sisterhood and second chances, find out what nature can teach us about bearing hardship. Coming September 2023.
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In Conversation with Leif Enger
I can’t beleive I get to share the stage with the author who inspired me to become a writer when Peace Like a River came out. Join us for the first ever “Tuesday Night Author Talks” hosted by the Bookstore at Fitgers featuring NYT-bestselling author Leif Enger.
Carol Dunbar presents The Net Beneath Us
Carol Dunbar presents The Net Beneath Us at Magers & Quinn Booksellers in Minneapolis.
SAVE THE DATE: In conversation with Peter Geye
From debut author Carol Dunbar comes the stunning new novel, THE NET BENEATH US (Forge Books; On Sale September 13, 2022), which brings to life the harrowing story of one woman who is pushed to the limits to take care of her family. A timely story of love, loss, and persevering in the natural world during the greatest challenges.
Save the date for this in-conversation event featuring two Northwoods authors!
Carol Dunbar in conversation with author Peter Geye, Next Chapter Booksellers, Saint Paul, MN, Dec. 12, 2022.
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
