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Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison is the bestselling author of several novels including Bastard Out of Carolina, Cavedweller, and Two Or Three Things I Know For Sure. The recipient of numerous awards, she has been the subject of many profiles and a short documentary film of her life, Two or Three Things but... show more



Dorothy Allison is the bestselling author of several novels including Bastard Out of Carolina, Cavedweller, and Two Or Three Things I Know For Sure. The recipient of numerous awards, she has been the subject of many profiles and a short documentary film of her life, Two or Three Things but Nothing For Sure.

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Birth date: April 11, 1949
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bossyfemme
bossyfemme rated it 6 years ago
A forever favourite.
Dem
Dem rated it 8 years ago
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...
Lost (in books) in Los Angeles
Lost (in books) in Los Angeles rated it 11 years ago
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...
Yuki
Yuki rated it 11 years ago
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.
so many books, so little time
so many books, so little time rated it 12 years ago
Some contemporary novels eventually become very instructive as historical ones. The mid-century social trappings have changed and to some extent certain issues like working outside the home have moved toward resolution, but the ingrained assumptions and the violence haven't changed a bit. In a react...
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