Before the Decade Ends, Here Are the Best Novels of the 21st Century

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (2011)

In Salvage the Bones, Ward examines the plight of a working-class African-American family in Mississippi as they prepare for Hurricane Katrina to hit. Afterward, the novel follows their lives in the aftermath of the storm’s destruction.

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