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Salvage the Bones

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In 12 Contemporary Black Authors You Must Read: Jesmyn Ward
Her first win was for Salvage the Bones (2011), the story of a pregnant teenage girl living in coastal Mississippi with her father and brothers as they await the landfall of Hurricane Katrina. Also set in the Gulf Coast, Sing, Unburied, Sing is a ghost story told from the viewpoint…
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In Jesmyn Ward: Literary career
Ward’s second novel, Salvage the Bones (2011), also takes place in Bois Sauvage. It centers on a pregnant teenage girl living with her father and brothers as they prepare for the landfall of Hurricane Katrina. The novel won the National Book Award for fiction, which came as a…
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