{"product_id":"salvage-the-bones-9781608196265","title":"Salvage the Bones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the 21st Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eAtlantic \u003c\/i\u003eGreat American Novel of the Last 100 Years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA taut, wily novel, smartly plotted and voluptuously written . . . Jesmyn Ward makes beautiful music, plays deftly with her reader's expectations.\" -Parul Sehgal, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award-winning novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eLet Us Descend\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMen We Reaped\u003c\/i\u003e-a gritty but tender story of family and poverty in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; she's fourteen and pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pitbull's new litter, dying one by one in the dirt. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child's play and short on parenting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the twelve days that make up the novel's framework yield to their dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable family--motherless children sacrificing for one another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce--pulls itself up to face another day. A big-hearted novel about familial love and community against all odds, and a wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and restrictive realities of rural poverty, \u003ci\u003eSalvage the Bones\u003c\/i\u003e is muscled with poetry, revelatory, and real.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJesmyn Ward\u003c\/b\u003e received her MFA from the University of Michigan and is currently a professor of creative writing at Tulane University. She is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eWhere the Line Bleeds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSalvage the Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2011 National Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eSing, Unburied, Sing\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2017 National Book Award. She is also the editor of the anthology \u003ci\u003eThe Fire This Time\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eMen We Reaped\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. From 2008-2010, Ward had a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University. She was the John and Renée Grisham Writer in Residence at the University of Mississippi for the 2010-2011 academic year. In 2016, the American Academy of Arts and Letters selected Ward for the Strauss Living Award. She lives in Mississippi.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50571680776466,"sku":"9781608196265","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f992fcd3-13c2-4fd0-b310-324b41e2803d.jpg?v=1731965492","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/salvage-the-bones-9781608196265","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}