Bastard Out of Carolina: A Novel

"As close to flawless as any reader could ask for." —The New York Times Book Review

“An essential novel” – The New Yorker

The publication of Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina was a landmark event. The novel's profound portrait of family dynamics in the rural South won the author a National Book Award nomination and launched her into the literary spotlight. Critics have likened Allison to Harper Lee, naming her the first writer of her generati…