![]() ![]() ![]() When Ruby loses control of her bladder one day in the street, Ephram is shaken out of his watchful pity. This is just the latest abusive chapter in Ruby’s life. It’s well known that the men of Liberty-except Ephram-take advantage of her from time to time. She is a wild thing who lives on her family’s land and charity. Her story is so much darker than anything Janie faced.įor eleven years since that day in 1963, Ephram has watched Ruby deteriorate into madness. ![]() Where Janie had discovered herself and her self-worth before coming back, Ruby lost every spark of herself years ago. Her return reminded me of Janie Crawford’s return at the beginning of Their Eyes Were Watching God, but all similarities end there. He was there in 1963 when Ruby returned to Liberty, Texas, after the death of another childhood friend. ![]() Ruby Bell is the center of the eponymous novel, but our narrator is Ephram Jennings, a man who has known the strange, tortured woman since they were children. But this afternoon, I had to set aside Cynthia Bond’s Ruby because the book was too intense for me to handle all in one go-just like Cheryl Strayed’s Tiny Beautiful Things. So far, I have completed four books by reading constantly, only pausing to sleep, eat, and do my taxes. I’ve been on my Spring Break reading vacation since 5:00PM on Thursday and have, with brief breaks, been mainlining fiction ever since. ![]()
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