Rubyfruit Jungle

by Rita Mae Brown | Gay & Lesbian | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 055327886x Global Overview for this book
Registered by ReadingGal79 of Antioch, Illinois USA on 12/4/2008
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Journal Entry 1 by ReadingGal79 from Antioch, Illinois USA on Thursday, December 4, 2008
I bought this book on 11/23 at the library book sale in Raleigh for an average of 14 cents per book.

c. 1973 -- 246 pages -- Paperback -- A now classic coming of age story.

Back Cover: Rubyfruit Jungle is the first milestone novel in the extraordinary career of one of this country's most distinctive writers. Bawdy and moving, the ultimate word-of-mouth bestseller, Rubyfruit Jungle is about growing up a lesbian in America -- and living happily every after.

Born a bastard, Molly Bolt is adopted by a dirt-poor Southern couple who want something better for their daughter. Molly plays doctor with the boys, beats up Leroy the tub and loses her virginity to her girlfriend in sixth grade. As she grows to realize she's different, Molly decides not to apologize for that. In no time she mesmerizes the head cheerleader of Ft. Lauderdale High and captivates a gorgeous bourbon-guzzling heiress. But the world is not tolerant. Booted out of college for moral turpitude, an unrepentant, penniless Molly takes New York by storm, sending not a few female hearts aflutter with her startling beauty, crackling wit and fierce determination to become the greatest filmmaker that ever lived. Critically acclaimed when first published, Rubyfruit Jungle has only grown in reputation as it has reached new generations of readers who respond to its feisty and inspiring heroine. Donna E. Shalala, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, said of the novel's heroine: "Molly Bolt is a genuine descendant -- genuine female descendant -- of Huckleberry Finn. And Rita Mae Brown is, like Mark Twain, a serious writer who gets her messages across through laughter."

Journal Entry 2 by ReadingGal79 at North Miami, Florida USA on Monday, September 10, 2018

Released 5 yrs ago (9/11/2018 UTC) at North Miami, Florida USA

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Going through my bookshelves to lower Mt. TBR. I don't think I'll ever get to read this book, although it looks good. I'm sending it to moonovermiami in FL through BookMooch.

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