Bastard out of Carolina was a heartbreaking story about a child Ruth Anne or “Bone” rather. “Bone” a nickname given to Ruth Anne at birth because her uncle thought she was no bigger than a knucklebone when she was born. Bone was lucky that she was even born in the first place, after experiencing a traumatic car accident, which rendered her mother unconscious she was born while her mother had still not come through. Because …showed first 75 words of 641 total…

…showed last 75 words of 641 total…learned several things from this book. I learned that a mother’s ignorance not only hurts her, but more importantly her daughter. I also learned that sexually abused children cannot psychologically handle the guilt and physical pain that the abuser opposes onto them. Finally, I learned that a child can preserver out of a situation and realize that she or he is worth more than the abuse, and go on to live a normal life.