Salvage the Bones

English

ISBN: 1608195228

EAN: 9781608195220

Category: Fiction / Family Life/Fiction / African American / Christian/Fiction / African American / General/

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Release Date: 09/06/2011

Synopsis: Winner of the 2011 National Book Award A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Eschs father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesnt show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isnt much to save. Lately, Esch cant keep down what food she gets; shes fourteen and pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pitbulls new litter, dying one by one in the dirt. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on childs play and short on parenting. As the twelve days that make up the novels framework yield to their dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable family-motherless children sacrificing for one another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce-pulls itself up to face another day. A big-hearted novel about familial love and community against all odds, and a wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty, Salvage the Bonesis muscled with poetry, revelatory, and real.

Awards: National Book Awards – null  National Book Awards – null  National Book Awards – null 

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Salvage the Bones

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.98 inches

Width: 5.97 inches

Length: 8.56 inches

Weight: 12.52 oz

Pages: 272