Bastarda
Bastarda is a 1992 sapphic fiction novel by Dorothy Allison. Much of the action takes place in Greenville County, S.C.. Readers will find themes of child abuse, lesbians, Poverty and enfants.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 76 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 17 editions.
It runs to roughly 309 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.
About Bastarda
Essential Edition handsomely packaged with french flaps, rough fronts, high-quality paper, and a distinctive cover lookGreenville County, South Carolina, a wild, lush place, is home to the Boatwright family-rough-hewn men who drink hard and shoot up each other's trucks, and indomitable women who marry young and age all too quickly. At the heart of this astonishing novel is Ruth Anne Boatwright, known simply as Bone, a South Carolina bastard with an annotated birth certificate to tell the tale. Observing everything with the mercilessly keen eye of a child, Bone finds herself caught in a family triangle that will test the loyalty of her mother, Anney. Her stepfather, Daddy Glen, calls Bone "cold as death, mean as a snake, and twice as twisty," yet Anney needs Glen. At first gentle with Bone, Daddy Glen becomes steadily colder and more furious-until their final, harrowing encounter, from which there can be no turning back.
Quick answers
Who wrote Bastarda?
Bastarda was written by Dorothy Allison and first published in 1992.
What genre is Bastarda?
It is usually shelved as Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction.
How long is Bastarda?
The median edition has 309 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Bastarda?
Readers who like it often enjoy Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead, The Well of Loneliness and Girl, Woman, Other.
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