RUBY RIVER

The advance reading copy of Lynn Pruett's debut novel about a truck stop family

From Publisher:

Warm and sensuous, this debut novel chronicles one blistering summer in the small town of Maridoches, Alabama. Hattie Bohannon has just opened a truck stop -- an uneasy presence in this gossipy, church-going hamlet. Rrecently widowed, Hattie seeks to redefine herself, even as her headstrong daughters -- whose burgeoning sexuality is attracting attention from some of the truck stop patrons -- keep her at loose ends. When Hattie's oldest daughter, Jessamine, is falsely accused of prostitution, the town's reverend declares war on the Bohannons and their diner, resulting in a clash of wills and values that will leave no one unaffected. In the manner of Fannie Flagg and Rebecca Wells, Pruett's glorious tale -- rich with the feel and flavor of the South -- captures the struggle for the very soul of a community.

Product Info

ISBN: 0871138557

ISBN-13: 9780871138552

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press

Year: [2002]

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

Seller Info

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Country: United States