“Set in rural Minnesota, where a police chief and a released felon struggle with the implications of the past and the uncertainty of the future, this is a rare novel that is both unflinching and tender, a wondrous debut by a major talent.”

     —Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here

“This is a book I needed right now, because it doesn’t deny the ugliness of the world, but it reminded me of the good humans are capable of. Morales writes with a gritty earnestness that puts her in the good company of Elizabeth Strout and Kent Haruf.”

     —Benjamin Percy, author of The Sky Vault and Red Moon

“It’s extraordinary how much compassion is packed into these pages. This—this right here—is what people mean when they say that the characters and the places in a novel feel real. Winter Song may be set amid the cold and revolve around a death, but it vibrates with warmth and with life.”

—Cristina Henríquez, author of The Great Divide