Salvage the Bones

Salvage the Bones is the second novel by American author Jesmyn Ward and published by Bloomsbury in 2011. The novel explores the plight of a working-class African-American family in Mississippi as they prepare for Hurricane Katrina and follows them through the aftermath of the storm.Ward, who lived through Katrina, wrote the novel, after being very "dissatisfied with the way Katrina had receded from public consciousness". The novel was the 2011 recipient of the National Book Award for Fiction.In an interview with the Paris Review, Ward said she drew inspiration from Medea and the works of William Faulkner.