Dec 25, 2009

Bastard Out of Carolina | Characters

Ruth Anne Boatwright is about six years old when the story opens and nearly thirteen when it ends. Glen's abuse begins soon after his marriage to her mother while Anney is in the hospital giving birth to his son, who dies. Even worse, she can have no more children. Bone, typical of a child her age, does not tell anyone what has happened to her because she does not understand what happened. Daddy Glen makes sure she feels it is her fault. She is a deprived child; deprived of enough to eat and a safe place to live in a home with people she can trust. Since she has had safety and love in...