Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
	List Price:   $15.00 Unit Price:   $12.00 You Save:   $3.00 (20%) ISBN-10:   0452269571 ISBN-13:   9780452269576 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Series:   Plume Contemporary Fiction Ser. Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   March 1993 Pages:   320 Format:   Paperback
Description/Notes
Greenville County, South Carolina, is home to Ruth Anne Boatwright, known simply as Bone, a South Carolina bastard with an annotated birth certificate to tell the tale. 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. 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).