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Salvage the Bones is the second novel by American author Jesmyn Ward and published by Bloomsbury in 2011. The novel explores the plight of a working-class African-American family in Mississippi as they prepare for Hurricane Katrina and follows them through the aftermath of the storm.
A summary of the novel Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, which follows a teenage girl and her family in a Mississippi Gulf town as they face a hurricane and a dog fight. The novel explores themes of love, loss, identity, and survival in a harsh and violent environment.
1 de ago. de 2011 · A novel about a poor family in Mississippi facing Hurricane Katrina and their own struggles. Read ratings, reviews, quotes, and more on Goodreads, the world's largest community for readers.
24 de abr. de 2012 · A big-hearted novel about familial love and community against all odds, and a wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty, Salvage the Bones is muscled with poetry, revelatory, and real.
LitCharts offers a comprehensive guide to Jesmyn Ward's novel Salvage the Bones, set in the days before and after Hurricane Katrina. Find summaries, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, symbols, and more.
A National Book Award winner and a literary fiction about a poor family in Mississippi facing Hurricane Katrina. The novel explores themes of family, poverty, love, and tragedy with poetic language and a gripping plot.
Salvage the Bones has the aura of a classic about it' - Washington Post'Beautifully written ... A powerful depiction of grinding poverty, where somehow, amid the deprivation,...
