May 05, 15Word Count 23 Although Dorothy Allison's first novel, Bastard Out of Carolina, is a story of cruelty, violence, and child abuse, it is also aSummary The novel is set in Greenville, South Carolina, in the 1950s and 1960s and is narrated in the first person by the main character, Ruth Anne, who is known by her nickname, BoneShe begins by recounting her mother Anney Boatwright's struggle with being an unwed mother and her own illegitimate birth Over the next three years, Anney, whom Bone calls Mama, goes to theMay 05, 15Bastard Out of Carolina is the story of a young South Carolina girl's childhood, which, though blighted by illegitimacy, poverty, and her
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