<Tr> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Td> 978 - 0 - 525 - 93425 - 7 (1st ed. hardcover) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> OCLC </Th> <Td> 24502970 </Td> </Tr> <P> Bastard out of Carolina was the debut novel of Dorothy Allison . The book, which is semi-autobiographical in nature, is set in Allison's hometown of Greenville, South Carolina in the 1950s . Narrated by Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatwright, the primary conflict occurs between Bone and her mother's husband, Glen Waddell . </P> <P> The novel examines the expectations of gender and mother--child relationships, and explores the roles of these characters in the future . Conditions of class, race, sexuality and gender play out in Bone's life and her relationships with others . </P>

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