Ree returns home, where her cousin Blond Milton is waiting for her. Once back outside again Merab sends Ree on her way with a warning not to return unless it is absolutely necessary. When Ree arrives at Thump Milton’s home his wife Merab turns her away but not before going into the house for ‘most of an hour’. After this encounter, Megan tells Ree to go up the hill and talk to Thump Milton because he will surely know where Jessup is-although Megan warns that Thump Milton “scares” her. At Little Arthur’s house, she asks about Jessup and he deflects by saying that he hasn’t seen him in nearly a year Arthur flirts with Ree and offers her crank and weed but she refuses them both. She asks after Little Arthur, an acquaintance of her father’s. When she arrives, a young woman named Megan emerges from one of the homes. The next day, Ree hitches her way to Hawkfall, a village where some of her distant relatives live. Ree asks to use Gail’s husband’s truck in order to follow up on a lead-she needs to get to the Arkansas border-but when she asks Floyd for permission, he refuses. Gail dropped out of high school and married a local boy named Floyd together they have an infant son named Ned.

Ree visits her best friend, Gail Lockrum. When she continues asking, Teardrop grabs hold of Ree by the hair and shakes her until Victoria steps in and gives Ree fifty dollars before sending her home again.

She asks Teardrop where he thinks Jessup might be hiding out, but he refuses to tell her anything because it’s up to Jessup whether or not he wants Ree in his life. She visits him and tells him how much she needs his help finding Jessup. He is also a crank chef, but he scares Ree. Ree decides to start her search for Jessup by going to her uncle Teardrop. He tells Ree that she must find him or else they’ll lose their property too because it’s been used as bail against him not showing up to court. A deputy arrives at their home to tell them that they will lose everything unless the father turns up soon for his court date. Ree Dolly takes care of her two younger brothers and mother who are all hungry and cold due to financial problems. The father is missing and has put up his land as bail for court. 1-Page Summary of Winter’s Bone Overall Summaryĭeep in the Ozark mountains of Missouri, a family lives in an old house on the edge of a sprawling timberwood.

Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell