Salvage the bones : a novel / Jesmyn Ward.
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.
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- ISBN: 9781608196265
- ISBN: 1608196267
- Physical Description: 271 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Paperback edition
- Publisher: New York, New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.
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General Note: | Includes a reading group guide (267-271). |
Formatted Contents Note: | The first day : birth in a bare-bulb place -- The second day : hidden eggs -- The third day : sickness in the dirt -- The fourth day : worth stealing -- The fifth day : salvage the bones -- The sixth day : a steady hand -- The seventh day : game dogs and game men -- The eighth day : make them know -- The ninth day : hurricane eclipse -- The tenth day : in the endless eye -- The eleventh day : Katrina -- The twelfth day : alive. |
Awards Note: | National Book Award Winner for Fiction, 2011. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Bronson Branch | FIC WAR (Text) | 35403424133341 | Fiction | Checked out | 04/04/2023 |