Salvage the bones : a novel

Salvage the bones : a novel

Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.

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Main Author: Ward, Jesmyn.
Language:English
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
African American children > Fiction.
African American teenage girls > Fiction.
Siblings > Fiction.
Motherless families > Fiction.
African American families > Mississippi > Fiction.
Rural poor > Mississippi > Fiction.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Fiction.
Gulf Coast (Miss.) > Fiction.
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Summary:Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.
Physical Description:261 pages ; 22 cm
Awards:National Book Award, Fiction, 2011.
Published: New York : Bloomsbury, 2011.
ISBN:9781608195220
1608195228
9781408827000
140882700X
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