The Resource Salvage the bones, Jesmyn Ward
Salvage the bones, Jesmyn Ward
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The item Salvage the bones, 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 2 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Salvage the bones, 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 2 library branches.
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- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 405 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781410447111
- Label
- Salvage the bones
- Title
- Salvage the bones
- Statement of responsibility
- Jesmyn Ward
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- Rural poor -- Mississippi -- Fiction
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction
- Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American families
- trueRural poor -- Mississippi
- trueHurricane Katrina, 2005
- 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
- Large type books
- 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
- Award
-
- Alex Award, 2012.
- National Book Award for Fiction, 2011.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2011.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2012.
- 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
- LC call number
- PS3623.A7323
- LC item number
- S36 2012
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 890
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- African American children
- African American teenage girls
- Brothers and sisters
- Motherless families
- African American families
- Rural poor
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Gulf Coast (Miss.)
- Large type books
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Salvage the bones, Jesmyn Ward
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2011050972
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 405 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410447111
- Lccn
- 2011050972
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Label
- Salvage the bones, Jesmyn Ward
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2011050972
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 405 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410447111
- Lccn
- 2011050972
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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
- Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction
- trueGulf Coast, Mississippi
- trueHurricane Katrina, 2005
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction
- Large type books
- 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
- 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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