'An intensely committed novel talking directly to teenagers . . . scared of what their loneliness may involve them in'.--Publishers Weekly. When Ruby moves from the West Indies to the mean streets of Harlem, she finds a love that leads her through the painful transition from girl to woman. Ex Libris.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Ruby

Publisher

Penguin

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

0140328599

ISBN 13

9780140328592

Binding

Paperback

Condition

Fair

Weight

600 grams

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"Ruby" completes a trilogy about teenage girls and their hopes and fears growing up in Harlem. In this story Ruby is 18 and desperately lonely. She is shunned by her father and at school. But then she meets Daphne and, for the first time, she feels her own strength and what it is like to be loved.

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