Bastard Out of Carolina

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"The day I was born started off bad, and it only got worse."

Bastard Out of Carolina is a novel by Dorothy Allison set in 1950's rural South Carolina. It tells the story of Annie Boatwright and her daughter Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright.

Adapted into a film in 1996.

Tropes used in Bastard Out of Carolina include: