Bastard Out of CarolinaA critically acclaimed tale of abuse and betrayal in America's deep South. Carolina in the 1950s, and Bonechristened Ruth Anna Boatwrightlives a happy life, in and out of her aunt's houses, playing with her cousins on the porch, sipping ice tea, loving her little sister Reece and her beautiful young mother. But Glen Waddell has been watching them all, wanting her mother too, and when he promises a new life for the family, her mother gratefully