A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening
the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's
father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent,
he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her three
brothers are stocking food, but there isn't much to save.
Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; she's
fourteen and pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking
scraps for his prized pitbull's new litter, dying one by one
in the dirt. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to
stake their claim in a family long on child's play and short
on parenting.
As the twelve days that make up the novel's framework yield
to their dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable
family-motherless children sacrificing for one another as
they can, protecting and nurturing where love is
scarce-pulls itself up to face another day. A big-hearted
novel about familial love and community against all odds,
and a wrenching look at the lonesome, brutal, and
restrictive realities of rural poverty, Salvage the Bones is
muscled with poetry, revelatory, and real.
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