Information about the baby’s father was offered by family members, who gave conflicting stories that resulted in the baby being labeled as illegitimate.Īnney is fine with the name given her baby – it’s a combination of her own name and her sister’s – but she is definitely not fine with her child being labeled illegitimate. When she wakes up three days later, her baby has been born and named. She is thrown from the car and knocked unconscious. Anney is asleep in the back seat when he plows into the back of another vehicle. Her mother, Anney, is fifteen years old and eight months pregnant, riding with two of her sisters and their brother in his car. Written by Dorothy Allison, this 1992 novel begins with Ruth Anne “Bone” Boatwright telling us what she’s heard about the beginning of her life. The book has been banned from many school curriculums and library shelves due to its graphic and unflinching portrayal of sexual violence.Īs if being the illegitimate child of a teenager from a dirt poor family isn’t bad enough, Bone’s real troubles begin when her mother marries Daddy Glen. Bastard Out of Carolina is a novel by Dorothy Allison that explores poverty, abuse, and family dysfunction in the American South.
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