Diamond Ruby, Joseph Wallace
Diamond Ruby, Joseph Wallace
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Diamond Ruby

Author: Joseph Wallace

Narrator: Lorna Raver

Unabridged: 15 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/02/2010

Categories: Fiction, Sports

Synopsis

Seventeenyearold Ruby Thomas, newly responsible for her two young nieces after a devastating tragedy, is determined to keep her family safe in the vast, swirling world of 1920s New York City. Shes got street smarts, boundless determination, and one unusual skill: the ability to throw a ball as hard as the greatest pitchers in a baseballmad city.From Coney Island sideshows to the brandnew Yankee Stadium, Diamond Ruby chronicles the extraordinary life and times of a girl who rises from utter poverty to the kind of renown only the Roaring Twenties can bestow. But her fame comes with a price, and Ruby must escape a deadly web of conspiracy and threats from Prohibition rumrunners, the Ku Klux Klan, and the gangster underworld. Diamond Ruby is the exciting tale of a forgotten piece of baseballs heritage, a girl who could throw with the best of them. A real pageturner, based closely on a true story (Kevin Baker, author of Strivers Row).

About Joseph Wallace

Joseph Wallace is the author of The Autobiography of Baseball, The Baseball Anthology, and World Series: An Opinionated Chronicle, as well as A Gathering of Wonders: Behind the Scenes at the American Museum of Natural History. He lives with his family in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sonia on June 24, 2012

Beautiful cover, just OK writing. I picked this up because the main character is a teenage girl, but surprisingly it turns out to be too much of a guys book. First, I am annoyed by historical fiction that is populated by famous characters; it's just not real to me. In this case it is Babe Ruth and J......more

Goodreads review by Stacy on October 11, 2014

This is one of my top reads for 2014. It's been a long time since I fell so completely in love with a character. I followed Ruby through tragedy, opportunity, suspense and victory and wished for more when it was finished. This takes place primarily in the twenties and thirties when baseball was THE......more

Goodreads review by lucy on May 22, 2015

What a wonderful book of historic fiction. Would especially be great reading for young girls ((and this 71 year old girl). Moderately uncomplicated plot but with some nice twists and turns and characters that you can almost see on the pages. It takes some real historical figures and twists them into......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on March 10, 2016

I actually enjoyed reading this book more than I thought I would. Joseph Wallace's writing is refreshing and superb. The character building was great and I was completely sucked into the story. I don't read a lot of baseball related books, because to me.....baseball is quite boring. But this book is......more

Goodreads review by Krisette on February 18, 2015

What a great read! You'll fall in love with Ruby Thomas, as you follow her struggles to feed her nieces after the Spanish Influenza takes most of her family. The characters were very well drawn, and the story was fantastic. I couldn't believe this was Mr. Wallace's first fiction novel. Go ahead and......more

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