Rita Mae Brown

Rubyfruit Jungle

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Rubyfruit Jungle is the first milestone novel in the extraordinary career of one of this country's most distinctive writers. Bawdy and moving, the ultimate word-of-mouth bestseller, Rubyfruit Jungle 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…
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Quotes

  • Lisannehas quoted4 years ago
    Women kissing women is beautiful. And women making love together is dynamite. So why don’t you just let yourself go and get into it.
  • Диана Шпунтенковаhas quoted2 years ago
    No, I wasn’t surprised, but it still brought me down. I kept hoping against hope that I’d be the bright exception, the talented token that smashed sex and class barriers. Hurrah for her.
  • Диана Шпунтенковаhas quoted2 years ago
    “Oh, I see, they won’t take orders from a woman, eh?”

    “I don’t know. I hadn’t noticed they were too good at taking orders from one another.”

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