RUBY

Rosa Guy

ISBN 10: 0440211301 / ISBN 13: 9780440211303

Published by Laurel Leaf, 1991

Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0440211301I5N10

Synopsis:

Ruby Cathy -- Eighteen and desperately lonely,  she has adjusted from a life in the sun and blue  seas of the West Indies to the mean, crowded streets  of Harlem. Her mother is dead, and her father is  obsessed with the American passion to succeed. Ruby  makes the painful transition from girl to woman  when she meets the beautiful and bitter  Daphne.



Daphne Duprey -- She prides herself on always  being "cool, calm, collected, poised,  sophisticated, cultured, and refined." Ruby is drawn  to this girl,who, in Ruby's eyes, is everything  she is not. They fill the aching emptiness in each  other, love each other, despite the shared  knowledge that their happines will end as abruptly as it  began.

From the Inside Flap: - Eighteen and desperately lonely, she has adjusted from a life in the sun and blue seas of the West Indies to the mean, crowded streets of Harlem. Her mother is dead, and her father is obsessed with the American passion to succeed. Ruby makes the painful transition from girl to woman when she meets the beautiful and bitter Daphne.<br><br><br><br>Daphne Duprey -- She prides herself on always being "cool, calm, collected, poised, sophisticated, cultured, and refined." Ruby is drawn to this girl,who, in Ruby's eyes, is everything she is not. They fill the aching emptiness in each other, love each other, despite the shared knowledge that their happines will end as abruptly as it began.

Bibliographic Details

Title: RUBY
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Unknown
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket