A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; she's fourteen and pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pitbull's new litter, dying one by one in the dirt. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child's play and short on parenting.
As 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. 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.
259 sayfa · İlk Yayın Tarihi: Ağustos 2011
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Jesmyn WardYazar · 3 kitap
Jesmyn Ward: Salvage the Bones adlı romanıyla 2011 yılında ABD’de National Book Award sahibi olan Ward, Söyle Hayalet, Şarkını Söyle ile bu ödülü ikinci kez kucaklayan ilk kadın yazar olarak tarihe geçti. Tulane Üniversitesi’nde akademik hayatını sürdüren Ward, Söyle Hayalet, Şarkını Söyle ile yılın tüm prestijli edebiyat ödüllerine aday gösterilen, hakkında en çok konuşulan ve en çok satan yazarlarından oldu.
