Salvage the Bones: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 1608196267
- ISBN-13
- 9781608196265
- Series
- Salvage the Bones
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-04-24
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Author
- Jesmyn Ward
Description
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 puppies.
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