As you might expect, so follows a tale imbued with Biblical myth taking in life, death, suffering, and dashed with occasional light. The all- powerful Hurricane Katrina is fast approaching the Mississippi Gulf town of Bois Sauvage, where our narrator, fifteen- year- old Esch, lives with her alcoholic father and three brothers. But even the hurricane’s threat offers little more than a menacing backdrop: the novel starts with the disaster 10 days away, and the siblings have concerns far more immediate. The children have been dealt tough cards from on- high. They live a raw existence feeding off scraps in their poverty- stricken community. We see their efforts in fighting for themselves, and, when they can, caring for each other.
Esch is highly literate and streetwise, but her future already looks bleak: she is pregnant, alone with her thoughts, and doesn’t know where to turn. The brothers’ hopes rely on winning money from dog fights and dreams of basketball scholarships.
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