Southern Ruby
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New Orleans, a city of ancient oaks draped in Spanish moss, genteel old houses, and a nightlife as seductive as its Creole culture, voodoo, and jazz. Here, where music and superstition mingle with the echoes of race and class struggles, two women, separated by time and tragedy, are drawn together. Amanda, adrift after the loss of her grandmother, arrives from Sydney seeking a family she never knew. Ruby, bound by the rigid expectations of her society, carries a lifetime of secrets.
As Amanda's presence stirs the past, buried revelations surface: a double life, a forbidden love, and a profound loss that haunts generations. The story alternates between the 1950s and the eve of Hurricane Katrina, painting a vivid portrait of a city that has weathered nature's fury and societal tumults, yet never surrendered its hope.
This is a sweeping generational saga, a tribute to a place heady with history and drama, and a resonant story of love, passion, family, and honor.
Publication date
2016
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4.3/5
Language
English
Publisher
Bolinda Publishing
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