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Salvage the Bones
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Bloomsbury presents Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, read by January LaVoy.
A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. He's a hard drinker, largely absent, and it isn't often he worries about the family. Esch and her three brothers are stockpiling food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; at 15, she has just realised that she's pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pit bull's new litter, dying one by one. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child's play and short on parenting.
As the 12 days that make up the novel's framework yield to a 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.
Critic Reviews
"Fresh and urgent." (New York Times)
"Masterful.... A palpable sense of desire and sorrow animates every page...Salvage the Bones has the aura of a classic about it." (Washington Post)
"A brilliantly pacy adventure story.... Ward writes like a dream. A real dream: uneasy, vivid and deep as the sea." (The Times)