Salvage the Bones |
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| Author:
| Ward, Jesmyn |
| Narrated by:
| Boothe, Cherise |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4640-2894-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | Recorded Books, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Downloadable audio file |
| List Price: | USD $24.99 |
Book Description:
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Best-selling author Jesmyn Ward won the National Book Award for this poignant and poetic novel. Unfolding over 12 days, the story follows a poor family living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. With Hurricane Katrina bearing down on them, the Batistes struggle to maintain their community and familial bonds amid the storm and the stark poverty surrounding them. "Masterful . Salvage the Bones has the aura of a classic about it."-Washington Post
Best-selling author Jesmyn Ward won the National Book Award for this poignant and poetic novel. Unfolding over 12 days, the story follows a poor family living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. With Hurricane Katrina bearing down on them, the Batistes struggle to maintain their community and familial bonds amid the storm and the stark poverty surrounding them. "Masterful . Salvage the Bones has the aura of a classic about it."-Washington Post