Ruby River, Lynn Pruett
Ruby River, Lynn Pruett
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Ruby River

Author: Lynn Pruett

Narrator: Cynthia Darlow

Unabridged: 10 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/13/2012

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Booklist hails the "snappy, smart writing, and memorable characters" in this novel that is steeped in Southern sensibility. The last thing widow Hattie Bohannon expects when she opens a truck stop in Alabama is controversy. But that's just what she gets when allegations surface that the parking lot is a haven for prostitution. With the local Bible-thumping minister crusading to close the truck stop, Hattie and her unruly daughters must fight to preserve their names and their way of life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jill on July 11, 2011

Excellently written......more

Goodreads review by Jonna on March 08, 2013

Another wonderfully written Southern Gothic novel!......more

Goodreads review by D. on June 06, 2022

I have a soft spot for certain areas of the country: Oklahoma, LA (lower Alabama), south Jersey, the Great White North. That’s because I spent idyllic periods of time in each of them, from the cliched free range childhood of the 1960s in Oklahoma to a Bruce Springsteen-album-of-a-life in a New Jerse......more

Goodreads review by Vickie on February 01, 2023

Seemed anticlimactic......more

Goodreads review by Stevie on November 15, 2014

Wow--I'm amazed at the negative reviews of this book. I found it engaging and it kept my interest, something I've had immense trouble with lately. The characters were appropriately flawed yet I cared for them, they were interesting, the story line moved along well, and while it had a much stronger b......more