# Bastard Out of Carolina

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- Book: [Bastard Out of Carolina](https://www.bookquiver.com/dorothy-allison/bastard-out-of-carolina) ([Bastard Out of Carolina.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/dorothy-allison/bastard-out-of-carolina.md))
- Authors: [Dorothy Allison](https://www.bookquiver.com/dorothy-allison)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-04-5229-775-3
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2012-02-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A profound portrait of family dynamics in the rural South and “an essential novel” (The New Yorker) “As close to flawless as any reader could ask for . . . The living language...