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Salvage the bones : a novel
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- ISBN: 1608196267
- ISBN: 9781608196265
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Physical Description:
271 p. ; 21 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.
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| Summary, etc.: | Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups. |
| Awards Note: | National Book Award Winner for Fiction, 2011. |
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| Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | PBK FIC War Bois Sauvage; bk. 1 (Text) | 33160155057824 | Adult New Material | Checked out | 05/02/2024 |
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Author Notes
Salvage the Bones : A Novel
Jesmyn Ward was born in DeLisle, Mississippi in 1977. She became a writer after the death of her brother by a drunk driver. She received a MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan. Her books include the novel Where the Line Bleeds, the memoir Men We Reaped, and the nonfiction work The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race. Salvage the Bones won the National Book Award in Fiction in 2011 and an Alex Award in 2012. Sing, Unburied, Sing won the National Book Award in Fiction in 2017. She taught at University of New Orleans, the University of South Alabama, and Tulane University. (Bowker Author Biography)
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