Bastard out of Carolina: (Plume Essential Edition)
by: Dorothy Allison
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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. NYT.
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. NYT.
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- Bastard out of Carolina
I had read the book when it came out years back and needed to read it again for a book group. Thought I'd do a surface skim to remind me of the important parts. However, I found myself doing a much deeper read as the intensity of experience was compelling, well written, and frankly hard to put down. An amazing book demonstrating the resiliency of the human spirit. Allison is a true survivor.
Rating: - A Child is Horribly Abused, Both Physically and Sexually
This is a story of a poor southern girl who is terribly abused both physically and sexually.The novel examines the family dynamics that contribute to the abuse and how the girl manages to survive.Especially poignant is the child's loss of faith in her mother's love for her as she realizes that her other is inescapable and irrevocably bound to her abuser.
The book paints a clear and literate description of the extended families and their source of strength (or undermining) of the ... Read More
Rating: - Painful realism: an education that hurts but is worth it
This book is unforgettable. Searing truths about an abused child in a tortured family. There are no easy answers, possibly because this book reads like biography, not fiction, and there are no easy answers in life. For anyone seeking understanding of how such things come to be, and what it does to the human beings involved, this is an amazingly educational book. For someone seeking someone who understands what they too have experienced, I imagine this book would be affirming. The main character does ... Read More
Rating: - Dorothy Allison is Simply Brilliant
One would think that the child "Bone" is writing herself. Allison captures her story which takes place in Greenville County, South Carolina so well.This is a "must read" novel that displays the truth about situations of this matter which occur everyday.I laughed and cried to this heartfelt story.Wonderful addition to my library.
Bastard Out of Carolina (Essential Edition): (Plume Essential Edition)
Rating: - Great books that deal with real issues
I watched the movie a while back and was not satisfied with the story line. it seemed fragmented. The book was much better you get a better idea of the full story line. the movie is misleading in some areas.
- Bastard out of CarolinaI had read the book when it came out years back and needed to read it again for a book group. Thought I'd do a surface skim to remind me of the important parts. However, I found myself doing a much deeper read as the intensity of experience was compelling, well written, and frankly hard to put down. An amazing book demonstrating the resiliency of the human spirit. Allison is a true survivor.
- A Child is Horribly Abused, Both Physically and SexuallyThis is a story of a poor southern girl who is terribly abused both physically and sexually.The novel examines the family dynamics that contribute to the abuse and how the girl manages to survive.Especially poignant is the child's loss of faith in her mother's love for her as she realizes that her other is inescapable and irrevocably bound to her abuser.
The book paints a clear and literate description of the extended families and their source of strength (or undermining) of the ... Read More
- Painful realism: an education that hurts but is worth itThis book is unforgettable. Searing truths about an abused child in a tortured family. There are no easy answers, possibly because this book reads like biography, not fiction, and there are no easy answers in life. For anyone seeking understanding of how such things come to be, and what it does to the human beings involved, this is an amazingly educational book. For someone seeking someone who understands what they too have experienced, I imagine this book would be affirming. The main character does ... Read More
- Dorothy Allison is Simply BrilliantOne would think that the child "Bone" is writing herself. Allison captures her story which takes place in Greenville County, South Carolina so well.This is a "must read" novel that displays the truth about situations of this matter which occur everyday.I laughed and cried to this heartfelt story.Wonderful addition to my library.
Bastard Out of Carolina (Essential Edition): (Plume Essential Edition)
- Great books that deal with real issuesI watched the movie a while back and was not satisfied with the story line. it seemed fragmented. The book was much better you get a better idea of the full story line. the movie is misleading in some areas.
