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Trash

Dorothy Allison · 1988 · Book

A raw, unflinching exploration of poverty and survival in the American South, told through interconnected stories of working-class women and girls. Powerful and uncompromising, it's for readers seeking honest, gritty fiction that doesn't look away.

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