by Dorothy Allison
2.5 Stars Bastard out of Carolina is a tough and harrowing read. Written by Dororthy Allison and set in Allison's home town of Greenville, South Carolina in the 1950s. The story centres around "Bone" Boatwright a girl born fatherless to 15 years old Anney Boatwright and sexually and physically ab...
Beautifully written and agonizingly heartbreaking. It's clear why Dorothy Allison has been compared to Harper Lee, because Bone is reminiscent in so many ways of Scout, and both Allison and Lee show the good and the bad in southern society. Bone has the love of her family, which is probably the only...
I didn't like it, but I decided 1 star wouldn't be fair. It's too long. It's heartbreaking, but farfetched - I know it's autobiographical, I know.
4.5 stars I was warned so I knew what I was getting into but this was a difficult read. I felt like I couldn't take my eyes off a car wreck.Ruth Anne, generally known as Bone, is a believable character. She's not a reliable reporter as she's just a young girl with a child's skewed perspective. But s...
”He pinned me between his hip and the sink, lifting me slightly and bending me over. I reached out and caught hold of the porcelain, trying not to grab at him, not to touch him. No. No. No. He was raging, spitting, the blows hitting the wall as often as they hit me. Beyond the door, Mama was screami...
before there was Ms. Flynn, there was Dorthy Allison. there is no escaping it, this is true, defining, and cringe worthy. It does not capitalize on horrible situations, nor do the horrible and vile events portrayed in this novel request your attention away from the rest of the writing. This one is a...
I read Dorothy Allison's shorter, vignette-like work Two or Three Things I Know for Sure before this, her breakout novel. They tread many of the same themes, both being somewhat autobiographical. This one is somewhat fictionalized, that one invokes a meta-narrative that bridges the gap between grow...
I read 50 pages and was simply not drawn in enough to stick with it, a rare drop.
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