Ozark Dogs

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''Eli Cranor is that rare writer who can make you gasp, cry and cheer often in the same paragraph'' S. A. COSBY

''Ozark Dogs tunnels into your brain with feverish power. A story of family burdens and dark legacies, it''s thrillingly told, deeply wrenching, not to be missed.'' MEGAN ABBOTT

After his son is convicted of murder, Vietnam War veteran Jeremiah Fitzjurls takes over the care of his granddaughter, Joanna, raising her with as much warmth as can be found in an Ozark junkyard outfitted to be an armory.

He teaches her how to shoot and fight, but there is not enough training in the world to protect her when the dreaded Ledfords, notorious meth dealers and fanatical white supremacists, come to collect on Joanna as payment for a long-overdue blood debt.

Headed by rancorous patriarch Bunn and smooth-talking, erudi