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008			130917s2014 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2013033049
020			_a9780804139090 _q(hardback)
042			_apcc
043			_an-us-tx
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dDLC _dMvI
050	0	0	_aPS3602.O65645 _bR83 2014
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084			_aFIC019000 _aFIC049040 _aFIC014000 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aBond, Cynthia, _d1961-
245	1	0	_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
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