Salvage the Bones
A Novel
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Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.
Imprint:
New York : - Bloomsbury USA
Pages:
261
Edition:
1st US ed
ISBN:
9781608195220, 1608195228
Language:
English
Statement of responsibility:
Jesmyn Ward
Characteristics:
261 p. ;,22 cm.
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Add a CommentCannot even remember anything about this book despite having finished it.....yikes!
I stumbled through several chunks of Ms. Ward's writing but what kept me engaged were the characters. At first I was just concerned with Esch, the 14 year old female character, dirt poor and pregnant but then China, the family's pit bull became my main concern. If you are a dog lover as I am, this is a very tough read. Both Esch and China are used and abused by men and I just couldn't muster much empathy for the sad, sorry lives of those men, even though I knew they were victims themselves. Did any other readers think of Michael Vick? I know the focus was on hurricane Katrina and the plight of Esch and her brothers but I really focused on China
Wow. I'm so glad this won the National Book Award, I was absolutely mesmerized by the beauty and menace of this book. I could not put it down, and now I cannot stop thinking about it. Highly recommended.
Very disturbing in ways... but worth the read. I really liked the writing style of Ward, but it took me a while to get into the story... Good for book clubs... Interesting...
This book was wonderfully written with beautiful and outrageous characters intertwining in supportive as well as dysfunctional ways in tenuous and dire circumstances. It completely captivated me.
A vivid, memorable description of living through Hurricane Katrina on the bayou.
This sounds like a book with such a good message about humanity in it, that I feel guilty that I couldn't get through it. There is a ton of detail that mired down the plot. I couldn't stay engaged enough to enjoy the reading. It felt like work to slog through all the detail to get to the nuggets of good writing. Some of the writing is very poetic and beautiful.
It is late August 2005 in Boise Sauvage, Mississippi. Four siblings must deal with their hopes as well as the emotional and physical poverty of their lives while they prepare for the hurricane that their mostly absent father assures them is coming. Despite the repugnance of much of their lives, Ward's penetrating writing caused me to care deeply about these children who sacrifice and support one another. Salvage the Bones was the 2011 National Book Award winner.