Product DescriptionBawdy and moving, the ultimate word-of-mouth bestseller, Rubyfruit Jungle is about growing up a lesbian in America--and living happily ever after.
What Others Say
Fantastic book, like GLTBQ literature should be
Rubyfruit Jungle is wonderful and I'm a different person for reading it. You'll miss Molly Bolt once you've finished it. Can't say enough about Rubyfruit Jungle, but I also can't articulate how much it affected me. Give it a shot, you won't regret it.
Great Read
I picked this up at a book sale and it was excellent! It's engaging, funny, and beautiful-- I stayed up all night to finish it and suggested it to friends.
Absolutely Fantastic
Molly Bolt is my freakin' hero! This story makes me think there is some sort of lesbian collective unconscious out there, since myself and many of my contemporaries have shared variations of her experiences. Like Molly, I starting opening the closet door at age eleven and had kicked it off the hinges by the time I was in my late teens. My mother wasn't as forcefully bigoted as Carrie, but she did have a tendency to bury her head in the sand for many years about it. The only difference is that I wish I had half the cajones Molly had at a young age. "I don't care whether they like me or not. Everybody's stupid, that's what I think. I care if I like me, that's what I truly care about." A bit oversimplified in some cases, but a great piece of self ... Read More
Hilarious!
When I read Rubyfruit Jungle I was in tears from laughing so hard I couldn't catch my breath. Ms. Brown tells a story about a Southern girl with a few twist thrown in and she injects that funny part when you lest expect it. Once I started reading it I couldn't put it down! Every now and then when I need my funny bone tickled, I pick it up again! Review written by the author of Bruised But Still Strong
The Best Book I've Ever Read
Now I'm not usually a reader type. I've found myself quickly losing interest within the first five pages wondering when a book's gonna get good. However Rubyfruit Jungle has turned my views around. Rubyfruit Jungle is incredible. I laughed, I cried, I felt such impowerment. I honestly loved Rubyfruit Jungle. It's the kind of book you'll want to read over and over again because it's impossible to have enough. Molly Bolt is a character I long to be like. To have that fiesty wit and charm. She represents the women's movement in so many ways. She's a fighter, a surviver. Rubyfruit Jungle is brilliantly written and make you crave more and more. I found myself at clubs, at work, everywhere reading Rubyfruit Jungle. If you love stories of overcoming obstacles, prejudices, poverty then ... Read More
