Lit Circle Letter: Bastard out of Carolina

The book that me, Ryan, Asmita, and Michelle are reading is Bastard out of Carolina. This book is about a girl name Ruth Anna but also known as Bone. This book is written in her perspective so it's sort of like an autobiography. Bone's father left her and her mother, Anney when she was just 8 days old. Anney then had another child name Reese with another guy name Lyly. Lyly then died when he was on his way to work.

One day, they all went out to eat with the rest of Bone's aunts and uncles and one of her uncle bought his friend Glen to eat with them too. Glen and Anney began to date and soon got married. He seems like a nice guy and all but he really isn't.

Anney got pregnant. Glen hopes for a baby boy. Anney was in the hospital giving birth while Glen, Bone, and Reese is in the car in the parking lot waiting at night. Anyways, Reese was sleeping and then Glen touched Bone in a very disturbing way and next thing you know it, he starts to molest her. She began to cry and says It hurts a lot. After he was done, Bone went to sleep. The next day, Bone and Reese woke up, they were still in the car and Glen wasn't there. He was in the hospital and he came out with terrible news. The baby boy was dead. How sad...

What I want to say is that I don't know why they couldn't be with her when she was giving birth, especially Glen, he is her husband after all, what kind of husband waits for his wife to give birth in the car? From his actions, not being with his wife giving birth, being in pain, I know he is not a good guy at all. Plus, he also raped his step daughter. What man does that? Or father? I mean I guess there are people who do that, but I think that's just sick. It's absurd. And Bone is not even 13 years old yet and she doesn't know what he was doing, but all she knew was what he was doing hurt her. If Bone's mother found out, I bet she will totally knock him out. But who knows?