false 25354 17 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. A first novel. Reprint. National Book Award finalist. <i>NYT. </i> 51364 1992 Bastard Out of Carolina (Plume Essential Edition) total:6927|5:2493|4:2751|3:1290|2:290|1:103| 6927 28022 8437 667 5 6 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Mon Nov 26 19:00:18 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 20:03:48 -0800 2007 “Bone” wasn't just an accident, she was born by one, delivered after her 15-year-old unmarried Mama-to-be Anney was thrown through the windshield of Bone’s drunk Uncle Travis’s Chevy while sleeping in the back seat. “Mama” survived with ...more...]]> 1 3 false false Sun Jun 17 14:24:18 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 14:25:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 3 true false Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 20:40:43 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 10:02:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Sep 30 20:01:47 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 11 11:37:02 -0800 2007 Bastard Out of Carolina is definitely a hard story to hear.

It is a beautifully-written semi-autobiographical account of a childhood in 1950s-60s South Carolina. The prota...more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 16:14:52 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 22 07:01:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 27 14:04:02 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 11:37:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jul 11 22:01:57 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 22:02:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false true Tue Jul 03 03:24:52 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 31 06:12:55 -0700 2008
It's so passe nowadays to handle themes like "sexual abuse", family violence, mother-daughter betrayal unless you can shine new light on the subjects -- over...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 17:09:54 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 17:14:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false true Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 05 15:02:46 -0800 2008 Thu Aug 07 12:06:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 31 09:29:53 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 09:12:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun May 18 12:56:27 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 15:10:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 23 12:15:52 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 12:35:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 29 09:06:14 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 03:07:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 17:11:13 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 17:35:59 -0800 2008
i only just read this even though it takes place in the region where i grew up, reading it mostly for setting as i am curre...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 15 06:56:25 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 23:07:32 -0800 2008
"They want you, oh yes, they want you. Till they get you. Ain't nothing in this world more useless that a hardworking religious fool. It ain't that you get religion. Religion gets you and then milks you dry. Won't let y...more...]]> 5 1 true false Thu Nov 15 09:08:07 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 09:12:31 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 29 17:30:56 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 17:33:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 15 21:21:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 21:27:17 -0700 2009 1
Answer: because it's boring. Sure, stuff happens. It's not logged down with too much detail, or badly executed, or anything l...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Nov 19 14:29:09 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 08 13:55:04 -0800 2009
Allison doesn't hold back in this autobiographical novel, hitting the reader hard with her powerful language and mean, tragic characters.

She deals with sexuality, abuse, and aband...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=879069