Salvage the Bones

WARNING dog lovers! Set in an impoverished Mississippi bayou where dogs bred to fight are better fed than children, Salvage the Bones portrays 1 family & their Pit Bulls up until, then during Katrina.  I don't do spoilers, but suffice it to say several plot lines are delicately woven into this gripping, poignant, & very real story. Stick with it through the grit, & you may be stunned at the poetic writing & mesmerizing events.  I was drawn into a world I know nothing about & came away stunned. 2011 National Book Award winner.