But when she looked in the girl’s eyes she could see that she was already gone so she gave her words to help her in the dark days: Helpless to protect her, Marilyn felt a wildness in her own chest, like a bird trapped behind a glass door. She would be hurt, of that Marilyn was certain. Then, find a friend to talk about it with because you’re going to want to. Because I didn’t really have any idea what the book was about, the magical elements were unexpected but in the end, it really helps in telling the intertwined stories. Like Morrison’s Beloved, Ruby takes the past evils of the South to another dimension, a magical one. It wasn’t until after I finished the book that I read praise comparing Cynthia Bond to Toni Morrison. Anything else would ruin the plot for you or just scare you off. I gave you a little summary about the book. What follows is an emotional and devastating debut about a woman’s emotional journey from madness to hope. Unlike the rest of the town, who enjoyed seeing Ruby’s descent into madness and despair, Ephram wanted nothing more than to protect her. Howling, half-naked mad.”Įven as a child, Ephram understood that there was something different about Ruby, some secret that was wrapped so tightly around her. The citizens of her small hometown, Liberty Township, “wove Ruby into cautionary tales of the wages of sin and travel.
The product of dire circumstances, Ruby was abandoned by her mother as a baby and life after that didn’t get any easier. Ruby Bell is a woman who’s been through so much from an early age. So when a publicist from Hogarth contacted me about Ruby, I decided to finally give it a try. When I read how the author used to teach writing to homeless and at-risk youth, I knew Bond understood that all stories are important, especially those that usually lie in the margins of society. I didn’t have any interest in reading Cynthia Bond’s Ruby until I read the author’s bio.
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