Salvage the Bones

Name: Salvage the Bones
Author: Jesmyn Ward

by Jesmyn Ward

Impoverished family struggles to survive Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi

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Jesmyn Ward

American novelist from Mississippi whose work chronicles Black life and community in the rural South with lyrical intensity. Sing, Unburied, Sing won the National Book Award in 2017, her second such award. She is among the most powerful voices in contemporary American fiction.

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