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Ruby (Oprah's Book Club 2. 0) by Cynthia Bond (2015, Uk-Trade Paper)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCrown/Archetype
ISBN-100804188246
ISBN-139780804188241
eBay Product ID (ePID)208624761
Product Key Features
Book TitleRuby (Oprah's Book Club 2. 0)
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicRomance / African American, African American / General, African American / Historical, Literary, Historical
Publication Year2015
GenreFiction
AuthorCynthia Bond
FormatUk-Trade Paper
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12.1 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-301759
SynopsisA New York Times bestseller and Oprah Book Club 2.0 selection, the epic, unforgettable story of a man determined to protect the woman he loves from the town desperate to destroy her. This beautiful and devastating debut heralds the arrival of a major new voice in fiction. Ephram Jennings has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby Bell, "the kind of pretty it hurt to look at," has suffered beyond imagining, so as soon as she can, she flees suffocating Liberty for the bright pull of 1950s New York. Ruby quickly winds her way into the ripe center of the city--the darkened piano bars and hidden alleyways of the Village--all the while hoping for a glimpse of the red hair and green eyes of her mother. When a telegram from her cousin forces her to return home, thirty-year-old Ruby finds herself reliving the devastating violence of her girlhood. With the terrifying realization that she might not be strong enough to fight her way back out again, Ruby struggles to survive her memories of the town's dark past. Meanwhile, Ephram must choose between loyalty to the sister who raised him and the chance for a life with the woman he has loved since he was a boy. Full of life, exquisitely written, and suffused with the pastoral beauty of the rural South, Ruby is a transcendent novel of passion and courage. This wondrous page-turner rushes through the red dust and gossip of Main Street, to the pit fire where men swill bootleg outside Bloom's Juke, to Celia Jennings's kitchen, where a cake is being made, yolk by yolk, that Ephram will use to try to begin again with Ruby. Utterly transfixing, with unforgettable characters, riveting suspense, and breathtaking, luminous prose, Ruby offers an unflinching portrait of man's dark acts and the promise of the redemptive power of love. Ruby was a finalist for the PEN America Robert Bingham Debut Novel Award, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and an Indie Next Pick.
LC Classification NumberPS3602.O65645R83
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- Mar 01, 2016
Love the descriptive words!
It grabbed me from the "get go"! Still reading it but I love it! Would recommend as a excellent read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- May 19, 2021
it's ok
okVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
