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Bastard Out of Carolina
Books | Fiction / Literary
4.2
(348)
Dorothy Allison
Greenville County, South Carolina, a wild, lush place, is home to the Boatwright family—rough-hewn men who drink hard and shoot up each other's trucks, and indomitable women who marry young and age all too quickly. At the heart of this astonishing novel is Ruth Anne Boatwright, known simply as Bone, a South Carolina bastard with an annotated birth certificate to tell the tale. Observing everything with the mercilessly keen eye of a child, Bone finds herself caught in a family triangle that will test the loyalty of her mother, Anney. Her stepfather, Daddy Glen, calls Bone "cold as death, mean as a snake, and twice as twisty," yet Anney needs Glen. At first gentle with Bone, Daddy Glen becomes steadily colder and more furious—until their final, harrowing encounter, from which there can be no turning back.
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More Details:
Author
Dorothy Allison
Pages
309
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
1992
ISBN
0452287057 9780452287051
Ratings
Google: 5
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"“…Being made the object of someone else’s contempt and rage did not make you contemptible.”<br/><br/>“I want the society in which I live to be clear about the reality of our families; to know all the ways in which we avoid the issues of violence, abuse, societal contempt; and to see survivors as more than victims. If we know more about what it means to survive abuse, we will be better able to help those still caught in the whole shameful secret world of physical and sexual violence.”<br/><br/>“I do not want to be the person who acts always out of fear or denial or old shame and older assumptions. I want to be my best self—the one who set out to tell a story that might make a difference in the life of people who read it. Unafraid, stubborn, resilient, and capable of enormous compassion—someone like Bone.”<br/><br/>Was going to rate a four but the afterword brought it to a five. Thank you, Dorothy Allison, for giving the voiceless a voice. This was a harrowing read that helped me in my own healing journey."
"an emotional and absolutely gripping story that will hit hard no matter who you are. it's an incredibly sad and powerful story, from start to finish you are told the story of a young girls life after her mother remarries to a frankly awful man. Though this is a book recommendation, the movie isn't actually that bad either and so I would recommend it as well. However, there is a trigger warning for physical and sexual abuse of a child. "
"Jarring and no holds barred. This book was in your face and it was a fantastic read. "
T P
Tanya Placzek
"Heart wrenching, gut churning, varied range of emotions. A child will always make you want to fight for them. Must read for mature audiences."
M
Michel'le
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