Ruby: A Novel by Cynthia Bond

Author:Cynthia Bond [Bond, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literary, African American, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9780804139106
Google: _ZbtAQAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00GEYN1PM
Publisher: Hogarth
Published: 2014-04-29T00:00:00+00:00

RUBY KNEW who she was as she stepped out of the tub of cool water, fingers puckered, body shivering. She realized that she had somehow forgotten that fact, playing house at 275 East Twelfth, looking for a mother who knew well enough to leave trouble early. Ruby wouldn’t forget it again.

She reached into the draining tub and pulled out the coin, then dried herself and climbed into bed. Abby curled at the far end of it. Ruby knew Abby had cried herself to sleep, but Ruby didn’t cry. Evil things seldom do.

One week later, Ruby traded up, almost fucking a dyke of better means on the Page Three dance floor as Abby watched. Abby ran up and slapped Ruby hard. Ruby skidded across the floor into a table leg. Stood up, leaned back on the bar and dabbed the blood from her mouth. She smoked a cigarette without coughing as the two women fought. Hard. As they tumbled out bloody into the street. Outside, Ruby glimpsed a tall redhead walking away from the commotion, a unique grace in her step. Ruby didn’t bother to turn her head.

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