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Ruby Dreams of Janis Joplin

A Novel
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Music, whether a Debussy etude or Gram Parsons's "Hickory Wind," has been a constant in Ruby Gervais's life. After Ruby helps fuel a paranoid fervor that spreads like wildfire throughout her rural Montana community, her home life deteriorates. As a sixteen-year-old high school dropout busing tables at the local bar two nights a week, her prospects are uncertain. So when, after her shift one night, the Idaho Rivermen invite her to join their band and head toward fame and fortune, Ruby doesn't think twice. In Ruby Dreams of Janis Joplin Mary Clearman Blew deftly braids together memories of the past with the present, when the Rivermen have imploded and a severely bruised and disillusioned Ruby returns to her hometown to find everything she ran away from waiting for her. In lyrical yet muscular prose, Blew explores women dealing with the isolation of small towns, the enduring damage done when a community turns against itself, the lasting effects of abuse on the vulnerable, and our capacity to confront the past and heal. Throughout, Ruby Dreams of Janis Joplin is underscored by the music that forms inextricable bonds between Blew's fascinating characters.

Author Biography:

Mary Clearman Blew is the author or editor of numerous fiction and nonfiction books, including the memoir This Is Not the Ivy League (Nebraska, 2011) and the novel Jackalope Dreams (Nebraska, 2008). She is professor emerita of English at the University of Idaho and has won numerous awards including the Western Literature Association’s Distinguished Achievement Award.  
Release date Australia
September 1st, 2018
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
246
ISBN-13
9781496207586
Product ID
27848041

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