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Novel Idea
Tuesday June 11 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
This month we are reading Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson Copies of the book are available at the front desk. Contact us to reserve a copy or to request large print.
All welcome to attend!
Meeting Tuesday June 11th @ 2pm!
About the book:
Relinquished as an infant, Ruby is placed in a foster home and adopted by Alice and Mel, a less-than-desirable couple who can’t afford to complain too loudly about Ruby’s Indigenous roots. But when her new parents’ marriage falls apart, Ruby begins to search, in the unlikeliest of places, for her Indigenous identity.
Unabashedly self-destructing on alcohol, drugs and bad relationships, Ruby grapples with the meaning of the legacy left to her. Seeking understanding of how we come to know who we are, Probably Ruby explores how we find and invent ourselves in ways as peculiar and varied as the experiences of Indigenous adoptees themselves.
Probably Ruby is an audacious, brave, and beautiful novel, perfectly crafted with exquisitely chosen detail, natural dialogue and emotional control that results in breathtaking levels of tension and points of revelation. Ruby’s voice, her devastating honesty and tremendous laugh will not soon be forgotten. (From Lisa Bird-Wilson’s website.)