"A crass and hilarious slice of growing up 'different, ' as fun to read today as it was in 1973."-"The Rumpus" "You can't fully know-or enjoy-how much the world has changed without reading this truly wonderful book."-Andrew Tobias, author of "The Best Little Boy in the World" I found myself laughing hysterically, then sobbing uncontrollably just moments later.""-The Boston Globe" This literary milestone continues to resonate with its message about being true to yourself and, against the odds, living happily ever after.
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. 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. Winner of the Lambda Literary Pioneer Award - Winner of the Lee Lynch Classic Book AwardĪ landmark coming-of-age novel that launched the career of one of this country's most distinctive voices, "Rubyfruit Jungle "remains a transformative work more than forty years after its original publication. If you don't yet know Molly Bolt-or Rita Mae Brown, who created her-I urge you to read and thank them both."-Gloria Steinem Her father, Carl, dies when she is in her junior year of high school."The rare work of fiction that has changed real life. Molly also engages in sex with males, including her cousin Leroy when the two were younger. Bisland, and then again in a Florida high school, where she has another sexual relationship with another friend, the school's head cheerleaderĬarolyn Simpson, who willingly has sex with Molly but rejects the "lesbian" label. Molly has her first same-sex sexual relationship in the sixth grade with her girlfriend Leota B. Her relationship with her mother is rocky, and at a young age her mother, referred to as "Carrie", informs Molly that she is not her own biological child but a "bastard". 322Synopsis: The novel focuses on Molly Bolt, the adopted daughter of a poor family, who possesses remarkable beauty and who is aware of her lesbianism from early childhood.
Pages are slightly yellowed with age.Good reading Copy.
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