A review by megstro
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

5.0

This book reached down my throat and pulled out my heart. I grew up in the south, although not remotely in the situation that Bone did, in any sense of the word. So much of this book's descriptions--hot summer nights with old country on the radio, shelling beans and making cornbread--felt as comforting and familiar as an old blanket. But make no mistake. This book is also horrifying, with a heavy CW for child sexual and physical abuse, rape, and violence. It is also a triumph of a girl saving herself when nobody else will.