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Ruby
As a former evacuee, feisty Ruby is forced to fend for herself when she returns to her family in London. Set in the aftermath of WW2, this gripping saga is richly evocative of the period and shows the true grit of our heroine Ruby. Home is where the heart is… After having lived peacefully in Cambridgeshire as an evacuee, 15-year-old Ruby Blakeley is bought back to reality when her bully of a brother Ray comes to take her home to East London. Far from being welcomed back with open arms, Ruby finds herself being treated as a skivvy by her widowed mother and subject to a tirade of taunts from her two brothers. Things get worse when she becomes pregnant. Unable to tackle her family, Ruby runs away and makes a new start for herself in Southend. But she soon finds she can’t escape her past. A hard-hitting, gritty drama that will appeal to fans of Katie Flynn and Dilly Court.
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Ruby
In today's multicultural literary world of magic and witches, Ruby is right on track. She is Jewish, but does not know it, and experiences adventures in Petra, Jordan, where she meets a young Muslim boy. This is Book 1 in a series of 7. Certain characters run throughout the series: the spiritual and enigmatic Verdigris, the witch-like Miss Pinchtuck searching for the eternal fountain of youth and the mysterious, ancient biblical professor trying to stop the ice-melting catastrophe that is global warming. Ruby is the first girl in the series to learn the rainbow secret. Together with book two 'Clementine' it opens up the way for five further novels: Don't miss Clementine, Saffron, Olivia, Sapphire, Indigo and Violet.
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Ruby
The Armstrong empire has a new queen. And she’s ready to prove herself.Ruby Armstrong has spent her life underestimated and overlooked. Now, with the Phoenix Club rising from the ashes, she is determined to build an empire of her own.But Ruby is hiding a deadly secret. Joe Vescari is dead, and while the police search London’s underworld for his killer, nobody suspects the seemingly innocent Ruby Armstrong.Then a fortune in stolen jewels brings a new threat to the Armstrongs’ door. Ruthless and unpredictable Gina Vescari wants them back — and she won’t take no for an answer.With enemies closing in and loyalties tested, Ruby must learn fast if she wants to protect everything her family has fought for.Armstrong women don’t surrender their power. They seize it.Praise for Gillian Godden:'A gritty powerful story. A must read for fans of gangland crime' Bestselling author Kerry Kaya'The characters were so real I'm still looking over my shoulder!' Bestselling author Owen Mullen'Exciting, breathtaking and absolutely fantastic' ★★★★★ Reader Review'If you are looking for a great gangland, family drama series these books are for you!' ★★★★★ Reader Review'A fast and rivetting book that will keep you burning the midnight oil!! Highly recommended' ★★★★★ Reader Review
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Ruby
The Armstrong empire has a new queen. And she’s ready to prove herself.Ruby Armstrong has spent her life underestimated and overlooked. Now, with the Phoenix Club rising from the ashes, she is determined to build an empire of her own.But Ruby is hiding a deadly secret. Joe Vescari is dead, and while the police search London’s underworld for his killer, nobody suspects the seemingly innocent Ruby Armstrong.Then a fortune in stolen jewels brings a new threat to the Armstrongs’ door. Ruthless and unpredictable Gina Vescari wants them back — and she won’t take no for an answer.With enemies closing in and loyalties tested, Ruby must learn fast if she wants to protect everything her family has fought for.Armstrong women don’t surrender their power. They seize it.Praise for Gillian Godden:'A gritty powerful story. A must read for fans of gangland crime' Bestselling author Kerry Kaya'The characters were so real I'm still looking over my shoulder!' Bestselling author Owen Mullen'Exciting, breathtaking and absolutely fantastic' ★★★★★ Reader Review'If you are looking for a great gangland, family drama series these books are for you!' ★★★★★ Reader Review'A fast and rivetting book that will keep you burning the midnight oil!! Highly recommended' ★★★★★ Reader Review
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Ruby
***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS' WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016***'LUMINOUS' Guardian'STUNNING' New York Times'EXCEPTIONAL' Uzo Aduba (Orange Is The New Black)Ephram Jennings has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby Bell, "the kind of pretty it hurt to look at," has suffered beyond imagining, so as soon as she can, she flees suffocating Liberty for the bright pull of 1950s New York. Ruby quickly winds her way into the ripe center of the city-the darkened piano bars and hidden alleyways of the Village-all the while hoping for a glimpse of the red hair and green eyes of her mother. When a telegram from her cousin forces her to return home, thirty-year-old Ruby finds herself reliving the devastating violence of her girlhood. With the terrifying realization that she might not be strong enough to fight her way back out again, Ruby struggles to survive her memories of the town's dark past. Meanwhile, Ephram must choose between loyalty to the sister who raised him and the chance for a life with the woman he has loved since he was a boy.Full of life, exquisitely written, and suffused with the pastoral beauty of the rural South, Ruby is a transcendent novel of passion and courage. This wondrous page-turner rushes through the red dust and gossip of Main Street, to the pit fire where men swill bootleg outside Bloom's Juke, to Celia Jennings's kitchen, where a cake is being made, yolk by yolk, that Ephram will use to try to begin again with Ruby. Utterly transfixing, with unforgettable characters, riveting suspense, and breathtaking, luminous prose, Ruby offers an unflinching portrait of man's dark acts and the promise of the redemptive power of love.
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Ruby
The Armstrong empire has a new queen. And she’s ready to prove herself.Ruby Armstrong has spent her life underestimated and overlooked. Now, with the Phoenix Club rising from the ashes, she is determined to build an empire of her own.But Ruby is hiding a deadly secret. Joe Vescari is dead, and while the police search London’s underworld for his killer, nobody suspects the seemingly innocent Ruby Armstrong.Then a fortune in stolen jewels brings a new threat to the Armstrongs’ door. Ruthless and unpredictable Gina Vescari wants them back — and she won’t take no for an answer.With enemies closing in and loyalties tested, Ruby must learn fast if she wants to protect everything her family has fought for.Armstrong women don’t surrender their power. They seize it.Praise for Gillian Godden:'A gritty powerful story. A must read for fans of gangland crime' Bestselling author Kerry Kaya'The characters were so real I'm still looking over my shoulder!' Bestselling author Owen Mullen'Exciting, breathtaking and absolutely fantastic' ★★★★★ Reader Review'If you are looking for a great gangland, family drama series these books are for you!' ★★★★★ Reader Review'A fast and rivetting book that will keep you burning the midnight oil!! Highly recommended' ★★★★★ Reader Review
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Ruby
Succeeding in a professional career can be challenging for anyone – how much more so for a Sikh woman facing the restrictions and traditions imposed by her family and culture and also the unjust limitations caused by racism at work. In her latest book, Satwant Rait narrates the inspiring life story of Ruby, a Sikh woman born in India who migrated to England.Ruby faced many challenges throughout her life, both cultural and institutional. She overcame these hurdles through her constant hard work, dedication, and perseverance along with maintaining her Sikh faith and family values. As a young girl, Ruby had to struggle to be allowed the opportunity to study at university, yet she achieved her goal and gained many qualifications as well as developing a successful career in libraries. She was rewarded with the post of a lecturer along with working in a full-time job as a school librarian)Under the Sikh tradition, a girl’s parents would choose her husband. Ruby accepted her parents’ decision and married Rajan. The couple then migrated to England, where Ruby had two children, resumed her library career and continued to study. In achieving her academic and career success, Ruby was a pioneering woman in her Sikh community. Ruby broke cultural barriers and proved that women can have satisfying careers as well as a family.Ruby had a change of vocation in her retirement during and after her husband’s illness and death, working in hospital chaplaincy. As in her library career, however, she found that racism existed in her new field which not only shocked her but also hurt her as this work became her passion. This led Ruby to research hospital chaplaincy provision and to publish her findings, advocating for greater access to pastoral care for Sikhs and other minority faiths. Ruby believed that to bring equality and equity, words are not enough and there is a need for firm commitment and meaningful actions.
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