![]() ![]() ![]() Beginning with the sentence “Ruby Bell was a constant reminder of what could befall a woman whose shoe heels were too high”, this book demands that the reader confront the burdensome expectations of gender roles. Written in a Southern Gothic style akin to that of Randall Keenan (I’m thinking here of A Visitation of Spirits), this book walks the edge between reality and surrealism, perception and magical realism. When the death of one of her dearest friends lands her back in her small hometown of Liberty Township, she finds herself reliving her past trauma, and being confronted with her demons, both literally and metaphorically. ![]() Surviving unspeakable trauma, navigating the many people in love with her, and going to New York to locate her elusive mother, this book follows Ruby through her (seemingly damned) life. Raised in a small Southern town where the women of her family have made history for their beauty and tragedies, this story follows the audacious hopes of Ruby, who has had the odds stacked against her since before birth. Ruby Bell, the beautiful and bizarre protagonist in Cynthia Bond’s new work Ruby (Hogarth), has been to hell and back. The innocent anticipation of the shooting stalks, the quivering stillness of the watching trees.” –Cynthia Bond, Ruby ![]()
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