03310cam a2200361 4500 536766404 TxAuBib 20210918120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780758278098 0758278098 B00SLPWBSK Amazon 69d84f22-852c-4fee-ac01-54c7a5ace2c3 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 578994 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Monroe, Mary Alice. Mama Ruby [Libby] : Mama Ruby Series, Book 2. Kensington Publishing Corp, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 787kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. African American Fiction. HTML:<p><i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Mary Monroe presents an unforgettable tale featuring Mama Ruby, the indomitable heroine of her acclaimed novel The Upper Room. Now readers will get a peek into Ruby's early years, as she transforms from a spoiled small-town girl into one of the South's most notorious and volatile women...</p> <p>Growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana, Ruby Jean Upshaw is the kind of girl who knows what she wants and knows how to get it. By the time she's fifteen, Ruby has developed a taste for fast men and cheap liquor, and not even her preacher daddy can set her straight. Most everyone in the neighborhood knows you don't cross Ruby. Only Othella Mae Cartier, daughter of the town tramp, understands what makes Ruby tick.</p> <p>When Ruby discovers she's in the family way, she's scared for the first time in her life. After hiding her growing belly with baggy dresses, Ruby secretly gives birth to a baby girl at Othella's house. With few choices, Othella talks Ruby into giving the child away-and with the help of a shocking revelation, convinces Ruby to run off with her to New Orleans.</p> <p>But nothing can erase Ruby's memories of the child she lost-or quell her simmering rage at Othella for persuading her to let her precious baby go. If there's a fine line between best friend and worst nightmare, Ruby is surely treading it. Because someday, there will be a reckoning. And when it comes, Othella will learn the hard way that no one knows how to exact revenge quite like Ruby Jean Upshaw...</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-17 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1142-1/69D/84F/22/MamaRuby9780758272065.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=69D84F22-852C-4FEE-AC01-54C7A5ACE2C3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1142-1/69D/84F/22/MamaRuby9780758272065.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=69D84F22-852C-4FEE-AC01-54C7A5ACE2C3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1142-1/69D/84F/22/MamaRuby9780758272065.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=69D84F22-852C-4FEE-AC01-54C7A5ACE2C3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXLVP