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Bastard Out of Carolina
- Form
- Form Novel
- Year
- Year 1992
- Pages
- Pages 320
A poor, illegitimate girl growing up in 1950s South Carolina is beaten and abused for years by her stepfather while her mother looks away, and the violence finally forces her mother to choose between the man and her own daughter.
I've been called Bone all my life, but my name's Ruth Anne.
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