Why did Meredith love this book?
I love to read about people who would be called victims by many, but who prevail—not by being heroic exceptions, but by suffering deeply and struggling on, because that’s what people do.
This novel is especially good on the loyalty and love among the siblings in a motherless family. It's in the voice of a wonderful teen-age narrator who is reading mythology for her summer homework, and identifies with Medea of mythology.
The young people mostly have the big-hearted courage of survivors, and there are also all the classic narrative conflicts: people versus nature; people versus each other, people versus themselves and versus society.
8 authors picked Salvage the Bones as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
_______________ 'A brilliantly pacy adventure story ... Ward writes like a dream' - The Times 'Fresh and urgent' - New York Times 'There's something of Faulkner to Ward's grand diction' - Guardian _______________ WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Hurricane Katrina 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;…