Salvage the Bones

Name: Salvage the Bones
Author: Jesmyn Ward
ISBN: 9781408841310

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Salvage the Bones won the National Book Award. Salvage the Bones is the story of fifteen-year-old Sarat, a girl living with her addicted mother, her sister, and her brother in a rural Mississippi hamlet as Hurricane Katrina approaches. Sarat is pregnant, her brother is in a gang, and her sister is the only employed member of the family. When the hurricane hits, their fragile existence is shattered, and the family is forced to discover what matters most.

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