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Salvage the bones : a novel / Jesmyn Ward.

Author: Ward, Jesmyn.

Edition Statement:1st U.S. ed.

Imprint:New York : Bloomsbury, 2011.

Description261 p. ; 22 cm.

Note: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.

Note: Awards2011 national Book Award winner.



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