**The modern literary classic that has been compared to *To Kill a Mockingbird* and  *Catcher in the Rye*. ** "As close to flawless as any reader could ask for." *-The New York Times Book Review* The publication of Dorothy Allison's *Bastard Out of Carolina* was a landmark event. The novel's profound portrait of family dynamics in the rural South won the author a National Book Award nominati...