Praise for Ruby River:
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| "Lynn Pruett's novel is funny,
smart, sexy, and full of heart. She understands small towns and
small-town people, but she never condescends to her lively and engaging
characters." |
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-Lee
Smith, author of Fair and Tender Ladies and Saving Grace |
| "Ruby River hosts a large,
rollicking cast of wild characters-lustful, tender, lovesick, and
irresponsible. The plot is completely unpredictable, and Pruett is a
smart, wily guide who proves that there's nothing sleepy about this small
Southern town." |
| -Julianna
Baggott, author of Girl Talk and The Miss America Family |
| "Lynn Pruett's writing can break
your heart and make you laugh within the same carefully structured
sentence. This novel pulls off that nearly impossible feat of being both
wonderfully poetic and wildly entertaining. Most of all, Ruby
River is brimming with real life--all of its joys and sorrows and the
moment of revelation in between, told with a graceful clarity that will
leave readers desperate for more." |
| -Silas
House, author of Clay's Quilt and A Parchment of Leaves |
| "Ruby River exposes that
slippery tightrope of Southern life--everybody always teetering between
sin and salvation. Lynn Pruett makes us laugh and love the struggle. Her
Alabama characters entice and outrage--but more important, they endure.
They are not the only ones who triumph: the writing itself bears witness. Ruby
River will keep you turning the pages and savoring sentences. It has
the sensitivity and surprise of a truly fine piece of fiction." |
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-Nanci Kincaid, author of Verbena and Balls: A Novel |
| "Lynn Pruett is a wonderful
storyteller. Limitations of money, education, and mobility confront her
characters, but their toughness, humor, and sexuality give them choices,
complexity, and fire that make us care deeply about them. She renders
tough economic and political realities while keeping the heart fully
engaged. Lynn Pruett is a hell of a writer and Ruby River is a
beautiful novel." |
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-Tim Parrish, author of Red Stick Men |
| “A
Southern story told by a Southern writer who must have spent some very hot
days in some small Southern towns. Lynn Pruett knows her
territory.” |
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—Rodney Barfield, Roanoke Times |
| “In her debut novel, Pruett writes
evocatively, even poetically, of the South, fully drawing characters whose
varied points of view are
presented in chapters bearing their names. Her amusing descriptions
offer lovely surprises and good reading. . . . Highly recommended
for all fiction collections.” |
| —Library
Journal |
| “Snappy, smart writing, and
memorable characters distinguish Pruett’s debut.” |
| —Kristine
Huntley, Booklist |
