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Abuse

Many people may never experience what it is like to be abused, or to feel

hatred for a parent, but in Bastard Out Of Carolina, the reader gets to relive

what it is like to be abused through the eyes of a child. This engrossing and

wonderfully written story will open your eyes to the reality of child abuse.

The story is told through the eyes of Ruth Anne Boatwright, a child brought

into the world with an unknown father and a mother who struggled to bring

her up properly in a situation bound for despair. This harrowing account will

leave you speechless and flabbergasted. Bastard Out Of Carolina is bound

to make an everlasting impression in the mind of its readers.

Ruth Anne was born into a family of Boatwrights, known throughout the

south for their rough-edged ways. She was born when the south was no

place for young mothers and their illegitimate children, yet her mother, Anney

was determined to bring "Bone" up in a caring and loving environment.

Anney did not want to see her little girl grow up to be a Boatwright woman.

She wanted to see her daughter make something of her life, something almost

impossible in South Carolina. Anney's immense love for Bone was visible in

almost every aspect of life. Everything that she did revolved around Bone

and how it would make her feel. When Mama married Lyle Parsons, a gentle

and loving truck driver, both Mama and Bone thought they had been blessed

by god. Lyle's kind and humorou...

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Submitted by: 123student
Date Submitted: 01-10-2008
Category: Science
Words: 903
Pages: 3.61