A big-hearted novel about familial love and community against all odds, and a wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty, Salvage the Bones is muscled with poetry, revelatory, and real. A big-hearted novel about familial love and community against all odds and a wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal and restrictive realities of rural poverty, Salvage the Bones is muscled with poetry, revelatory and real. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child’s play and short on parenting.Īs the twelve days that make up the novel’s framework yield to their dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable family-motherless children sacrificing for one another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce-pulls itself up to face another day.

Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pitbull’s new litter, dying one by one in the dirt.

Lately, Esch can’t keep down what food she gets she’s fourteen and pregnant. Jesmyn Ward received her MFA from the University of Michigan and is currently an associate professor of creative writing at Tulane University. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isn’t much to save. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesnt show concern for much else. Urn:oclc:847690652 Republisher_date 20180717175439 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 407 Scandate 20180715023858 Scanner Scanningcenter hongkong Top_six true Tts_version v1.A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch’s father is growing concerned. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:04:13 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA1276413 Boxid_2 CH126303 City New York Donorīelvederetiburonlibrary Edition 1st U.S.

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