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The Question and Answer section for Bastard Out of Carolina is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Bone tells the manager that she stole candy.
How is Daddy Glen portrayed in the novel, and what evidence can we use to explain his abuse of Bone?
Anney's tortured and unpredictable second husband, Glen Waddell, is the black sheep of his middle-class family. Glen is a possessive and controlling man. He attempts to isolate Anney and her daughters from the Boatwrights. He has trouble keeping a...
The Boatwright legacy is a force of nature, and the family members can never truly escape the toxic patterns. Anney, initially dedicated to rising above the family's reputation, becomes forever entangled in it when she becomes a single parent at...
