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Biting Back: Violence, Survival, and the Refusal to Stay Silent in Ruby
It starts in the dark, with the kind of violence too many children know but too few books dare to show. Ruby Fairchild, twelve, barefoot, wide-eyed in the Idaho mountains, watches as her mother’s latest boyfriend, Jimbo, turns his fists and fury on the only parent she has.
Mothers, Daughters, and Bruises That Don’t Fade
Some stories try to bandage wounds, smoothing them over until the scars are barely visible. Ruby is not one of them.
The Witch on the Mountain: Sorcha as Symbol and Shadow in Ruby
A cabin high up on an Idaho mountain, shutters closed, and smoke slowly rising from the chimney, is a scene that stays with you.