Salvage the bones : a novel /

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by Ward, Jesmyn.
[ 02. English Fiction ] Published by : Bloomsbury, (New York :) Physical details: 271 p. ; 21 cm. Subject(s): African American children --Fiction. | African American teenage girls --Fiction. | Brothers and sisters --Fiction. | Motherless families --Fiction. | African American families --Mississippi --Fiction. | Rural poor --Mississippi --Fiction. | Hurricane Katrina, 2005 --Fiction. | Gulf Coast (Miss.) --Fiction. Year : 2012 02. English Fiction Item type : 02. English Fiction
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Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.