Bastard out of Carolina: (Plume Essential Edition) - Softcover

Allison, Dorothy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452287057 ISBN 13: 9780452287051

Publisher: Plume, 2005

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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About the Author:

Dorothy Allison is the acclaimed author of the nationally bestselling novel Bastard Out of Carolina, which was a finalist for the 1992 National Book Award. The recipient of numerous awards, she lives in Northern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0452287057
• ISBN 13: 9780452287051
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320