After remaining single for a few years she begins to date Glen Waddell, the son of a socially prominent dairy owner. Lyle is killed in a car accident, leaving Anney 'all bitter grief and hunger'. This opens her up to the ridicule of the customers in the diner in which she works.Īt age 17, Anney marries Lyle Parsons and gives birth to another daughter, Reese, in short order. Anney, who 'hated to be called trash', then spends the next two years unsuccessfully petitioning to get a new birth certificate issued without the word 'illegitimate” stamped on it. This results in Bone being declared a bastard (an illegitimate child born out of wedlock). Her mother and older sister Ruth attempt to give a false name and are caught in their deception. Anney, who is comatose during the delivery, is unable to lie about being married. Bone's 15-year-old mother Anney gives birth to her after being seriously injured in a car accident. The book opens with Bone relating the details of her birth. The book was adapted into a film in 1996.

All in which play out in Bone's life and her relationships with others. The novel examines the complexities of mother-child relationships, conditions of class, race, and sexuality. Narrated by Ruth Anne 'Bone' Boatwright, the primary conflict occurs between Bone and her mother's husband, Glen Waddell. Semi-autobiographical in nature, the book is set in Allison's hometown of Greenville, South Carolina in the 1950s. Bastard Out of Carolina is a 1992 novel by Dorothy Allison.

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