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However, I found myself doing a much deeper read as the intensity of experience was compelling, well written, and frankly hard to put down. I had read the book when it came out years back and needed to read it again for a book group. Thought I'd do a surface skim to remind me of the important parts. An amazing book demonstrating the resiliency of the human spirit. Allison is a true survivor.
This is a story of a poor southern girl who is terribly abused both physically and sexually. The novel examines the family dynamics that contribute to the abuse and how the girl manages to survive. Especially poignant is the child's loss of faith in her mother's love for her as she realizes that her other is inescapable and irrevocably bound to her abuser.The book paints a clear and literate description of the extended families and their source of strength (or undermining) of the individuals involved.I highly recommend this book for its powerful depiction of abuse and resilience.
For anyone seeking understanding of how such things come to be, and what it does to the human beings involved, this is an amazingly educational book. This book is unforgettable. For someone seeking someone who understands what they too have experienced, I imagine this book would be affirming. Searing truths about an abused child in a tortured family. There are no easy answers, possibly because this book reads like biography, not fiction, and there are no easy answers in life. The main character does find a way to take care of herself, and some of her adults do come through for her, but the story, like life, is unfinished: you leave it knowing she has much work to do, and hoping she can do what is necessary. thank you Dorothy Allison for this gift.
One would think that the child "Bone" is writing herself. I laughed and cried to this heartfelt story. Allison captures her story which takes place in Greenville County, South Carolina so well. This is a "must read" novel that displays the truth about situations of this matter which occur everyday. Wonderful addition to my library. Bastard Out of Carolina (Essential Edition): (Plume Essential Edition)
I watched the movie a while back and was not satisfied with the story line. it seemed fragmented. The book was much better you get a better idea of the full story line. the movie is misleading in some areas.
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