Salvage the Bones: A Novel

Winner of the National Book AwardJesmyn Ward, two-time National Book Award winner and author of Sing, Unburied, Sing, delivers a gritty but tender novel about family and poverty in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina.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.