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This is the landmark coming-of-age novel that launched the career of one of lesbian writing’s most distinctive voices. ‘Rubyfruit Jungle’ remains a transformative work more than 40 years after its original publication. Bawdy and moving, it is about growing up a lesbian in America - and living happily ever after.
Born a bastard, Molly Bolt is adopted by a dirt-poor Southern couple who want something better for their daughter. Molly plays doctor with the boys, beats up Leroy the tub and loses her virginity to her girlfriend in sixth grade. As she grows to realize she's different, Molly decides not to apologize for that. In no time she mesmerizes the head cheerleader of Ft. Lauderdale High and captivates a gorgeous bourbon-guzzling heiress. But the world is not tolerant. Booted out of college for moral turpitude, an unrepentant, penniless Molly takes New York by storm, sending not a few female hearts aflutter with her startling beauty, crackling wit and fierce determination to become the greatest filmmaker that ever lived.
Paperback, 256 Pages, Orig. Publ 1983, This Ed. Publ. July 2015
Author: Rita Mae Brown