Salvage the Bones

Salvage the Bones

by Jesmyn Ward

Bloomsbury Publishing USA · 2012 · 271 pages

As Hurricane Katrina looms, a fractured Mississippi family braces for the storm, their survival tested by poverty and neglect. Fourteen-year-old Esch, pregnant and overlooked, navigates a chaotic household alongside her brothers, each struggling to find their place amidst scarcity and familial tension. This powerful, poetic novel captures the raw resilience of a motherless brood as they confront impending disaster, revealing the profound strength found in familial bonds when everything else is stripped away.

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