![]() ![]() A superbly realized work of fiction that, while Southern to the bone, transcends its region to become universal., Few works of fiction can capture the heart-wrenching emotions attached to a natural disaster, and fewer still can do it in a way that seems palpable and fresh. That close-knit familial relationship is vivid and compelling, drawn with complexities and detail., Without a false note. We are immersed in Esch's world, a world in which birth and death nestle close, where there is little safety except that which the siblings create for each other. But it never was or will be such are the gifts of this writer., Salvage the Bones is an intense book, with powerful, direct prose that dips into poetic metaphor. With prose both powerful and poetic, Ward has imagined an unforgettable family., From its lyrical yet visceral first scene, this novel had me, and I hardly dared to put it down for fear a spell might be broken. ![]() Ward's electrifying, exhilarating, edge-of-your-seat second novel, Salvage the Bones, takes us into the naked heart of one Southern family struggling for both survival and identity. With her tough, tense and taut tale of one rural family's bitter and bloody fight for survival in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina, has secured herself a place among such other great Southern writers as Flannery O'Connor, Harper Lee and William Faulkner. ![]()
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