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Bastard Out of Carolina

(1992)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1992 National Book Award for Fiction (shortlist)

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.


Genre: Literary Fiction

Praise for this book

"Resonant, emotionally complex and strong as hell." - Mary Gaitskill


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