Daniel Woodrell: The Maid's Version (USA 2014) From the Publisher: Alma thinks she knows the answer-and that its roots lie in a dangerous love affair. Her dogged pursuit of justice makes her an outcast and causes a long-standing rift with her own son. By telling her story to her grandson, she finally gains some solace - and peace for her sister. He is advised to "Tell it. Go on and tell it" - tell the story of his family's struggles, suspicions, secrets, and triumphs. Daniel Woodrell: The Maid's Version. A Novel. Back Bay Books, ISBN: 9780316205887 (September, 2014), 164 p., $15.00.
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Daniel Woodrell: The Maid's Version (UK 2014) From the Publisher: Alma Dunahew, whose scandalous younger sister was among the dead, believes she knows the answer - and that its roots lie in a dangerous love affair. But no one will listen to a woman from the wrong side of the tracks. Maid to a prominent citizen, wife of a hopeless alcoholic, her dogged pursuit of justice makes her an outcast and causes a long-standing rift with her own son. It is only decades later that her grandson listens to her account and unearths the sorry truth. With remarkable economy, Daniel Woodrell tells a richly layered story of passion, betrayal and vengeance and two families at opposite ends of the social scale connected down the generations by a festering secret. This is a stunning novel by a writer hailed by Roddy Doyle as 'one of the world's greatest novelists'. Daniel Woodrell: The Maid's Version. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 9781444732856 (June, 2014), 176 p.,£8.99.
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Daniel Woodrell: The Maid's Version (USA 2013) From the Publisher: Alma thinks she knows the answer-and that its roots lie in a dangerous love affair. Her dogged pursuit of justice makes her an outcast and causes a long-standing rift with her own son. By telling her story to her grandson, she finally gains some solace - and peace for her sister. He is advised to "Tell it. Go on and tell it" - tell the story of his family's struggles, suspicions, secrets, and triumphs. Daniel Woodrell: The Maid's Version. A Novel. Little, Brown, & Co., ISBN: 9780316205856 (September, 2013), 164 p., $25.00, eBook $12.99.
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Daniel Woodrell: The Maid's Version (UK 2013) From the Publisher: Alma Dunahew, whose scandalous younger sister was among the dead, believes she knows the answer - and that its roots lie in a dangerous love affair. But no one will listen to a woman from the wrong side of the tracks. Maid to a prominent citizen, wife of a hopeless alcoholic, her dogged pursuit of justice makes her an outcast and causes a long-standing rift with her own son. It is only decades later that her grandson listens to her account and unearths the sorry truth. With remarkable economy, Daniel Woodrell tells a richly layered story of passion, betrayal and vengeance and two families at opposite ends of the social scale connected down the generations by a festering secret. This is a stunning novel by a writer hailed by Roddy Doyle as 'one of the world's greatest novelists'. Daniel Woodrell: The Maid's Version. Sceptre, ISBN: 9781444732832 (August, 2013), 164 p.,£17.99, eBook £9.99.
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