The Resource Salvage the bones : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
Salvage the bones : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 261 p.
- Isbn
- 9781608195220
- Label
- Salvage the bones : a novel
- Title
- Salvage the bones
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Jesmyn Ward
- Subject
-
- African American children -- Fiction.
- African American teenage girls -- Fiction.
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction.
- Poor -- Mississippi -- Fiction
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction
- Rural poor -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
- Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
- African American families -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
- Family life -- Fiction
- Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction.
- African American children -- Fiction
- Motherless families -- Fiction.
- Siblings -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
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- Title
- Salvage the bones
- Summary
- 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
- Award
-
- Alex Award, 2012.
- National Book Award for Fiction, 2011.
- Library Journal Best Books 2011
- New York Times Notable Book 2012
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10003061
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3623.A7323
- LC item number
- S36 2011
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 890
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleStatement
- Jesmyn Ward
- Label
- Salvage the bones : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
- Related Authorities
-
- Rural poor
- Fiction
- Mother-separated families
- Fiction.
- Brothers and sisters
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- African American families
- Literary fiction
- Poor
- Family life
- Gulf Coast (Miss.)
- Adult books for young adults
- African American fiction
- Motherless families
- African American teenage girls
- Southern fiction
- Siblings
- African American children
- Gulf Coast, Mississippi
- Coming-of-age stories
- Mississippi
- Related Subjects
-
- African American children -- Fiction.
- Literary fiction
- African American teenage girls -- Fiction.
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction.
- African American families
- Poor -- Mississippi -- Fiction
- Rural poor -- Mississippi
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- African American fiction
- Mother-separated families
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction
- Gulf Coast, Mississippi
- Rural poor -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
- Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
- African American teenage girls
- African American families -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
- Adult books for young adults
- Family life -- Fiction
- Coming-of-age stories
- Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction.
- Mississippi
- African American children -- Fiction
- Motherless families -- Fiction.
- Southern fiction
- Brothers and sisters
- Siblings -- Fiction
- Control code
- ocn694566457
- http://library.link/vocab/cover_art
- http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=EBSDVR53400&Password=CC19341&Return=1&Type=M&Value=9781608195220&erroroverride=1
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- http://library.link/vocab/discovery_link
- {'DOVER': 'https://librarycatalog.dover.nh.gov/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=67863'}
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 261 p.
- Isbn
- 9781608195220
- Lccn
- 2010053025
- System control number
- (OCoLC)694566457
Subject
- African American children -- Fiction
- African American children -- Fiction.
- African American families -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
- African American teenage girls -- Fiction.
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
- Family life -- Fiction
- Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction
- Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction.
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction.
- Motherless families -- Fiction.
- Poor -- Mississippi -- Fiction
- Rural poor -- Mississippi -- Fiction.
- Siblings -- Fiction
- Adult books for young adults
- African American families
- African American fiction
- African American teenage girls
- Brothers and sisters
- Coming-of-age stories
- Gulf Coast, Mississippi
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Literary fiction
- Mississippi
- Mother-separated families
- Rural poor -- Mississippi
- Southern fiction
Genre
- Fiction
- Fiction.
- Adult books for young adults
- African American fiction
- Coming-of-age stories
- Literary fiction
- Southern fiction
Member of
- Alex Award: 2012
- Library Journal Best Books: 2011
- National Book Awards: Fiction
- New York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2012
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Awards of Salvage the bones : a novel, Jesmyn Ward- Award
- Alex Award, 2012.
- Award
- National Book Award for Fiction, 2011.
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books 2011
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book 2012
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