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National Book Award for Fiction Best Book (nominee)
Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright, an illegitimate young girl, dreams of escaping her Greenville County, South Carolina, home, her notorious, hard-living family, and the unwanted attentions of her abusive stepfather, Daddy Glen.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Genre: Literary Fiction
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