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Abuse
Many people may never experience what it is like to be abused, or to feel hatred for a parent, but in Bastard Out Of Carolina, the reader gets to relive what it is like to be abused through the eyes of a child. This engrossing and wonderfully written story will open your eyes to the reality of child abuse.
The story is told through the eyes of Ruth Anne Boatwright, a child brought into the world with an unknown father and a mother who struggled to bring her up properly in a situation bound for despair. This harrowing account will leave you speechless and flabbergasted. Bastard Out Of Carolina is bound to make an everlasting impression in the mind of its readers.
Ruth Anne was born into a family of Boatwrights, known throughout the south for their rough-edged ways. She was born when the south was no place for young mothers and their illegitimate children, yet her mother, Anney was determined to bring "Bone" up in a caring and loving environment.
Anney did not want to see her little girl grow up to be a Boatwright woman.
She wanted to see her daughter make something of her life, something almost impossible in South Carolina. Anney's immense love for Bone was visible in almost every aspect of life...