num_pages: 300
description: Ruth Anne Boatwright, an illegitimate young girl, dreams of escaping her Greenville County, South Carolina, home, her notorious, hard-living family, and the unwanted attentions of her abusive stepfather, Daddy Glen
language: English
title: Bastard Out of Carolina
titlecomplete: Bastard Out of Carolina
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Queer, LGBT, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Southern, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 43714
places: Greenville, South Carolina, South Carolina
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Ferro-Grumley Award
category: Lesbian Fiction, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Demco Media