Robin and Ruby [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]

Soehnlein, K M

ISBN 10: 0758232187 / ISBN 13: 9780758232182

Published by Kensington Publishing Corporation, New York, 2010

About this Item

Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated by the author on the title page.1st edition, 1st printing, complete numberline. Slight edgewear to the dust jacket. Mild shelfwear to the bottoms of the boards. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 276 p. Audience: General/trade. By the Lambda Award-winning author of 'The World of Normal Boys' and 'You Can Say You Knew Me When'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Seller Inventory # Alibris.0005831

Bibliographic Details

Title: Robin and Ruby [SIGNED COPY, FIRST PRINTING]

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation, New York

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

After being dumped by his boyfriend, Robin hits the road to find his teenage sister Ruby and once their paths cross, they face everything from racism to AIDS, forcing them to make peace with their past and move forward into adulthood.

Reviews:

Robin, the protagonist of Soehnlein’s well-received The World of Normal Boys (2000) is now 20 and has just broken up with his lover, Peter, when his younger sister, Ruby, goes missing. Robin immediately sets off for the Jersey shore in search of her, accompanied by his longtime best friend, George. The irony is that Robin is in search of himself, too, and of the truth about his deepening romantic feelings for George, who is African American and is on his own journey toward political activism. Meanwhile, Ruby has re-connected with a troubled, drug-abusing boy from her past. So much drama, all of it overlaid—it being the early 1980s—with the desperate fear of AIDS. The issue-laden story alternates between Robin and Ruby, whose actions sometimes seem stage-managed by the author in an attempt to heighten the drama (of course, Robin does aspire to be an actor). Nevertheless, readers will appreciate the nicely realized sense of time and place and—perhaps despite themselves—will also develop a sneaking fondness for the characters. --Michael Cart