MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01956cam a2200361 i 4500
001 2013033049
003 DLC
005 20141224075911.0
008 130917s2014 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2013033049
020 $a9780804139090 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-tx
050 00 $aPS3602.O65645$bR83 2014
082 00 $a813/.6$223
084 $aFIC019000$aFIC049040$aFIC014000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBond, Cynthia,$d1961-
245 10 $aRuby :$ba novel /$cCynthia Bond.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bHogarth,$c[2014]
300 $a333 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Ephram Jenkins has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby, "the kind of pretty it hurt to look at," is already quite damaged, but Ephram is forcibly drawn to her. As soon as she becomes a young woman and has any power of her own, Ruby flees suffocating Liberty for the bright pull of 1950s New York City. Years later, when a funeral forces her to return home, 30-year-old Ruby will find herself reliving the devastating violence of her girlhood. With the terrifying realization that she might not be strong enough to fight her way back out, Ruby struggles to survive her memories of the town's dark past. Meanwhile, Ephram must choose between loyalty to the sister who raised and stood by him and the chance for a life with the woman he has loved since he was a boy"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$vFiction.
650 0 $aFirst loves$vFiction.
651 0 $aTexas, East$vFiction.
650 7 $aFICTION / Literary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / African American / Historical.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aLove stories.$2gsafd
856 42 $3Cover image$u9780804139090.jpg