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Bastard out of Carolina (Contemporary Fiction, Plume)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780452269576
ISBN: 0452269571
Label: Plume
Manufacturer: Plume
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: March 01, 1993
Publisher: Plume
Studio: Plume
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Editorial Review:
Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright, an illegitimate young girl, dreams of escaping her Greenville County, South Carolina, home, her notorious, hard-living family, and the unwanted attentions of her abusive stepfather, Daddy Glen. A first novel. Reprint. National Book Award finalist. NYT.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Awesome..
I have purchased several things from here and as usual they have been in excellent condition and very timely.. I am very pleased with the service I receive. The book by the way was outstanding, loved it. Thank you!!
Rating: - Heartbreaking and Brilliant
A contemporary classic, this powerful novel is a disturbing tale of child abuse, told with wisdom and restraint. Allison brilliantly tells the story through the first-person narrative of Bone, a young girl who doesn't want to believe what's happening to her, so for the most part she reveals the truth sparingly--which makes the more dramatic moments that much more terrifying. Allison deftly captures the psychological nuances of the situation at the same time, making clear to the reader some things ... Read More
Rating:  - Simply awful
I read it in four hours. You cannot put it down. The characters are so interesting, likable, and they are so real. Then it ends all wrong. I do not want to read this author again.
Rating:  - dark and intriguing
This book shows the dark side of the relationship between daughter, Bone, and her mother. Bone was fatherless at birth and has no official last name. Bone and her mother go through a lot of hard times while Anney, Bone's mother, tries to find a husband. Through all of this, Bone hurts physically and mentally as the father tries to control her.
This book had a lot of detail. The detail was not of unicorns and fairies but on the gruesome things that Bone does to herself, and what Glen, ... Read More
Rating: - Depressing
At this point, whether or not this book is well written is irrelevant. The story is so overwhelmingly depressing that I cannot imagine anyone enduring such a horrible life.
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