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Salvage the Bones

By Jesmyn Ward

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In the days before Hurricane Katrina, Esch and her brothers try to ready their home in coastal Mississippi. Esch is also reckoning with a pregnancy, while her brother Skeetah tends his dog and her new litter. Ward follows the ordinary tasks and tensions that make the family’s preparations a story about care under pressure.

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Edition and subjects

ISBN-13
9781608195220
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Edition date
2011
First published
2011