{"product_id":"ruby-roland-9781571311320","title":"Ruby \u0026 Roland","description":"From the author of \u003ci\u003eGood Night, Mr. Wodehouse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cape Ann\u003c\/i\u003e comes a new tale of resilient womanhood in Harvester, Minnesota. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Growing up in early twentieth-century Illinois, Ruby Drake is a happy child. But one winter's night, her beloved parents perish in an accident--and suddenly Ruby finds herself penniless and nearly alone in the world. Her new path eventually takes her to Harvester, where she is lucky enough to find work on the welcoming Schoonover farm. Kind Emma, forward-thinking Henry, and their hired men--ambitious Dennis and reserved Jake--soon become a second family to the orphaned teenager. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At a historical moment when young women are expected to be focused on courtship and marriage, the industrious, bright Ruby searches for opportunities to expand her horizons at every step. Mastering her responsibilities on the farm. Learning to smoke cigarettes. Borrowing books from the local lending library, reading devotedly and expansively: mythology, romance, poetry. And falling in love with her married neighbor, Roland: \"the most beautiful man--maybe in the world.\" But when Ruby is asked to care for Roland's wife in the wake of tragedy, she is torn between duty and passion, between what has been her lot and what could be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e set in Faith Sullivan's \"reliably inviting world\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eRuby and Roland\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of relationships--friendship, romance, and the families we are born with and create--and of one woman's journey of selfhood on the prairie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571311320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/09\/2019 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Faith Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660143980700,"sku":"9781571311320","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8607fa17-5122-4529-bd2e-6c3644e55323.jpg?v=1603896198","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ruby-roland-9781571311320","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}