Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

By:
Dorothy Allison
Age Level:
YA
Genre:
Fiction
Published:
2005

Bone confronts illegitimacy, poverty, the troubled marriage of her mother and stepfather, and the stigma of being considered “white trash” as she comes of age in South Carolina.

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