Hurricane Katrina novel wins National Book Award
Jesmyn Ward's Salvage the Bones takes prestigious US prize after rejections had left her close to giving up writing
The story of a poor black family struggling to weather the horrors of Hurricane Katrina has won the National Book Award for fiction.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 17 November, 2011
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