The Resource Salvage the bones : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
Salvage the bones : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
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Resource Information
The item Salvage the bones : a novel, Jesmyn Ward represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 8 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Salvage the bones : a novel
- Title
- Salvage the bones
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Jesmyn Ward
- Subject
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- trueLiterary fiction
- Rural poor -- Mississippi -- Fiction
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction
- Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American families
- trueRural poor -- Mississippi
- trueHurricane Katrina, 2005
- Family -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueMother-separated families
- trueTeenage pregnancy
- African American teenage girls -- Fiction
- trueGulf Coast, Mississippi
- trueAfrican American teenage girls
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Motherless families -- Fiction
- African American children -- Fiction
- trueComing-of-age stories
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- African American families -- Mississippi -- Fiction
- trueMississippi
- trueSouthern fiction
- trueBrothers and sisters
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups
- Summary
- Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups
- Award
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- Alex Award, 2012.
- National Book Award for Fiction, 2011.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2011.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2012.
- Awards note
- National Book Award, Fiction, 2011.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10003061
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ward, Jesmyn
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 890
- Literary form
- novels
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- African American children
- African American teenage girls
- Brothers and sisters
- Motherless families
- African American families
- Rural poor
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Gulf Coast (Miss.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Salvage the bones : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn694566457
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9781608195220
- Lccn
- 2010053025
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)694566457
- Label
- Salvage the bones : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn694566457
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9781608195220
- Lccn
- 2010053025
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)694566457
Subject
- trueAdult books for young adults
- African American children -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American families
- African American families -- Mississippi -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican American teenage girls
- African American teenage girls -- Fiction
- trueBrothers and sisters
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- trueComing-of-age stories
- Family -- Fiction
- Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction
- trueGulf Coast, Mississippi
- trueHurricane Katrina, 2005
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMississippi
- trueMother-separated families
- Motherless families -- Fiction
- trueRural poor -- Mississippi
- Rural poor -- Mississippi -- Fiction
- trueSouthern fiction
- trueTeenage pregnancy
Genre
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueComing-of-age stories
- trueFamily
- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueSouthern fiction
Included in
- trueAlex Award: 2012
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2011
- trueNational Book Awards: Fiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2012
- trueRecommended by Molly Wyand
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Central LibraryBorrow it710 W. Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX, 78701, US30.271302100000 -97.746016800000
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