description: Mamie Clarke, coming of age in Hawaii, is devastated by a servant's sexual violence and moves to her wealthy aunt's Manhattan apartment, entering a world of numbing excesses to forget her trauma
language: English
title: The Whiteness of Bones
titlecomplete: The Whiteness of Bones (Contemporary American Fiction)
genres: Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 308
places: New York City, New York
publisher: Penguin Books