Rubyfruit Jungle: A Novel

A landmark coming-of-age novel that launched the career of one of this country’s most distinctive voices, remains a transformative work more than forty years after its original publication. In bawdy, moving prose, Rita Mae Brown tells the story of Molly Bolt, the adoptive daughter of a dirt-poor Southern couple who boldly forges her own path in America. With her startling beauty and crackling wit, Molly finds that women are drawn to her wherever she goes—and she refuses to apologize for loving them back. This literary milestone continues to resonate with its message about being true to yourself and, against the odds, living happily ever after. “Groundbreaking.” “Powerful . . . a truly incredible book . . . I found myself laughing hysterically, then sobbing uncontrollably just moments later.” “You can’t fully know—or enjoy—how much the world has changed without reading this truly wonderful book.” “A crass and hilarious slice of growing up ‘different,’ as fun to read today as it was in 1973.” “Molly Bolt is a genuine descendant—genuine descendant—of Huckleberry Finn. And Rita Mae Brown is, like Mark Twain, a serious writer who gets her messages across through laughter.” “A trailblazing literary coup at publication . . . It was the right book at the right time.”