Bastard Out of Carolina (Anniversary) Writing In his introduction

In his introduction

This updated edition includes a new chapter and afterword by the author

scaly stealth expert

After being outed by her crush and ex-best friend before transferring to Slayton Catholic

in rebellion but remained loyal to the British

Bastard Out of Carolina (Anniversary) Writing In his introductionA 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 [Allison] has created is as exact and innovative as the language of To Kill a Mockingbird and The Catcher in the Rye." The New York Times Book Review One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years The publication of Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina