Salvage the
Bones
Jesmyn Ward
We will be meeting
Wednesday September 17th 1-3pm to discuss Salvage the Bones.
Come and stitch!
A
hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of
Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard
drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her
three brothers are stocking food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch
can't keep down what food she gets; she's fourteen and pregnant. Her brother
Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pitbull's new litter, dying one by
one in the dirt. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their
claim in a family long on child's play and short on parenting.
As the
twelve days that make up the novel's framework yield to their dramatic
conclusion, this unforgettable family-motherless children sacrificing for one
another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce-pulls itself
up to face another day. 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.
