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Interviews | October 21, 2009

Jill Owens: IMG The Powells.com Interview with Sam Savage

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samsavageSam Savage's first novel, Firmin, chronicled the coming-of-age misadventures of a very literate rat living in a bookstore in Boston's Scollay Square. Garnering praise from authors and... Continue »
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    The Cry of the Sloth

    Sam Savage

Bastard Out of Carolina

by Dorothy Allison

Bastard Out of Carolina Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

This fiercely moving, unforgettable first novel tells the story of Ruth Anne Boatwright--called Bone by her family--a South Carolina bastard with an annotated birth certificate to tell the tale. Bone's story is inseparable from that of her family, the notorious Boatwright clan. This tender yet disturbing tale is a harrowing story of family violence and incest that is "simply stunning" ( New York Times Book Review).
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780452269576
Author:
Allison, Dorothy
Publisher:
Plume Books
Location:
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Lesbians
Subject:
Child abuse
Subject:
Poverty
Subject:
Allegories
Subject:
Greenville County (S.C.) Fiction.
Subject:
Greenville County
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Copyright:
1992
Series:
Contemporary Fiction, Plume
Series Volume:
12
Publication Date:
March 1993
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
309
Dimensions:
808x528x87 59
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