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    <![CDATA[Ruth Anne &quot;Bone&quot; 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. <em>NYT. </em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[On her web site Dorothy Allison says &quot;What I am here for is to tell you stories you may not want to hear.&quot; <em>Bastard Out of Carolina</em> is definitely a hard story to hear. <br/><br/>It is a beautifully-written semi-autobiographical account of a childhood in 1950s-60s South Carolina. The prota...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7058931">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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