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REVIEW Bastard Out of Carolina Dorothy Allison ë 0 READ & DOWNLOAD READ & DOWNLOAD ´ Bastard Out of Carolina Greenville County South Carolina is a wild lush place that is home to the Boatwright family a tight knit clan of rough hewn hard drinking men who shoot up each other's trucks and indomitable women who get married young and. 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 screaming Daddy Glen was grunting I hate him I hated him The belt went up and came down Fire along my thighs Pain I would not scream I would not would not would not scream Bone played by Jena Malone in the movie adaptationThere was confusion when Ruth Anne Bone Boatwright was born Her Mama a fifteen year old girl without a husband was recovering from a car wreck and from giving birth when the people with the paperwork came around Bone s Aunts tried to answer the uestions but because they could not remember exactly the name of the fellow who was the sperm donor the paperwork went through as UNKNOWN FATHER and Bone s birth certificate is stamped in big red letters at the bottom ILLEGITIMATE Her mother tries for years to get that red stain removed from the birth certificate but the people at the courthouse take too much malicious petty joy out of continuing to issue each new birth certificate with the same damning stampThe Boatwright clan is a force of nature The men are hard working hard hitting binge drinking thieving skirt chasingand fast driving dervishes of fire and passion who when not fighting each other are fighting the worldThey are intensely loyal to a fault to their friends and family The Boatwright women name their daughters after their sisters They name their sons after their brothers They demand respect and get it When Aunt Alma gets into a conflict with her husband she makes if very clear how she sees things Oh but that s why I got to cut his throat she said plainly If I didn t love the son of a bitch I d let him live forever Family get togethers are intensely emotional and always on the verge of song or violence Uncle Earle is Bone s favorite uncle He is popular with the whole family brimming with charisma He is the one guy everybody wants to see when they are troubled Uncle Earle played by Michael Rooker in the movie adaptation Uncle Earle was my favorite of all my uncles He was known as Black Earle for three counties around Mama said he was called Black Earle for that black black hair that fell over his eyes in a great soft curl but Aunt Raylene said it was for his black black heart He was a good looking man soft spoken and hardworking He told Mama that all the girls loved him because he looked like Elvis Presley only skinny and with muscles In a way he did but his face was etched with lines and sunburned a deep red brown The truth was he had none of the Elvis Presley s baby faced innocence he had a devilish look and a body Aunt Alma swore was made for sex He was a big man long and lanky with wide hands marked with scars Earle looks like trouble coming in on greased skids Now Bone s Mama is married to one young man just long enough to get pregnant with Bone s sister Reese He died under unusual circumstances clearing the way for Glen Waddell Glen comes from a good family a family that owns their houses and goes into professions like lawyering and doctoring Now Bone s mother Anney is a beauty fine boned and graceful but compared to the type of women that a Waddell is expected to marry she is trash Glen has never lived up to his father s expectations and marrying Anney just confirms for their family that he is never going to amount to anything He gets in fights He intensely loves Anney and yet can t hardly stand to be in the same room with Ruth Anne without finding some bone of contention I looked at his hands No he never meant to hurt me not really I told myself but and those hands seemed to move before he could think His hands were big impersonal and fast I could not avoid them Reese and I made jokes about them when he wasn t around gorilla hands monkey paws paddlefish beaver tails My dreams were full of long fingers hands that reached around doorframes and crept over the edge of the mattress fear in me like a river like the ice dark blue of his eyes Daddy Glen as he insists on being called swears he loves Bone but when he is not beating her he is pulling her against him rubbing her up and down his body his hands inside her clothes His mind is twisted with hate and unnatural desire a lethal combination that kills love Even though she can t carry a tune Bone wants to be a gospel singer She loves the music but what she really loves about religion is Revelations It stokes the rage in her heart and gives her hope that everyone will get what s coming to them I sang along with the music and prayed for all I was worth Jesus blood and country music there had to be something else something to hope for I bit my lip and went back to reading the Book of Revelation taking comfort in the hope of the apocalypse God s retribution on the wicked I liked Revelations loved the Whore of Babylon and the promised rivers of blood and fire It struck me like gospel music it promised vindication Bone loves her Mama so completely that she made me want to love her too I just couldn t forgive her Sometimes when we are faced with something so horrible our brain chooses not to process that information Anney knew but didn t want to know Anney not only let Bone down she let us all down I know we can t help who we fall in love with but you have to love your children In the beginning children are the best of us and how we protect them and nurture them will determine whether they continue to represent us to the world as better versions of ourselves or shattered adaptations of the worst of us Dorothy AllisonThe plot is predictable no deviations from a script that has been played before Despite that I bumped it to four stars for the lovely descriptions of the Boatwright family I felt that Allison has that Southern gift for language that soars especially well when she is describing people The Boatwright s are a family I d be proud to be a part of and a family I d work like crazy to get far far away from

REVIEW Bastard Out of Carolina Dorothy Allison ë 0 READ & DOWNLOAD READ & DOWNLOAD ´ Bastard Out of Carolina Age too uickly At the heart of this story is Ruth Anne Boatwright known simply as Bone a bastard child who observes the world around her with a mercilessly keen perspective When her stepfather Daddy Glen cold as death mea. I guess I never got the memo I didn t realize that this was one of the most depressing tales of physical and sexual abuse I had always looked forward to reading this novel and had the impression it was an empowering coming of age story of a girl who triumphs over poverty and placeNo triumph Just lots of stomach clenching scenes and dread in my heart and intestines This was ever so painful for me to read despite some moments of powerful and memorable writingAnd who d a thunk it For the first time in my life I was filled with gratitude by the revelation that my mother s boyfriends during my adolescence were mere narcissists and fools Not an abuser among them Thank you thank you Sweet JesusMy heart breaks for every child who s ever landed a bastard for a father or a step father What a nightmare I m really just too sensitive for these types of stories

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REVIEW Bastard Out of Carolina Dorothy Allison ë 0 READ & DOWNLOAD READ & DOWNLOAD ´ Bastard Out of Carolina N as a snake becomes increasingly vicious toward her Bone finds herself caught in a family triangle that tests the loyalty of her mother Anney and leads to a final harrowing encounter from which there can be no turning bac. This is one of those books that leaves you with so many uestions but I think the afterword really helped me understand the overall message and it made me realize how important this book is This is a brutal and honest story about Ruth who grows up with her mother her sister and her step father in America She is also surrounded by a ton of aunts and uncles who help her guide her through life This book is not for the faint hearted but still I think it s very important that everybody read it It s one of the most honest books I ve ever read and while especially one aspect of it seemed unrealistic to me I couldn t help but embrace the book and cry over Ruth s fate I cannot recommend this novel enough however I don t recommend it if you re still young since it is uite brutal After all there is a reason why this book was banned even though I m personally very much against that ban I know for sure that this story is going to stay with me for a long time to come and I fear that the uestions inside my head will never be answered