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Rubyfruit Jungle

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Rubyfruit Jungle

By: Rita Mae Brown
Narrated by: Anna Paquin
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Academy Award winner Anna Paquin narrates Rita Mae Brown’s pathbreaking novel Rubyfruit Jungle, available for the first time ever in audio.

A landmark coming-of-age novel that launched the career of one of this country’s most distinctive voices, Rubyfruit Jungle remains a transformative work since its original publication almost fifty years ago.

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. 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.

This literary milestone continues to resonate with its message about being true to yourself and, against the odds, living happily ever after.

©1973 by Rita Mae Brown. Introduction © 2015 by American Artist, Inc. (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

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I can’t believe that it took me so long to finally read this charming classic of LGBT fiction. With vivid and engaging characters and evocative descriptions of 1960s life in both the north and the south, I was completely delighted with this novel. Anna Paquin does a great job with the narration as well.

A Warm and Funny Coming of Age Tale

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Read it in paperback ages ago, when I was just coming out myself. Been a fan ever since. Anna Paquin does a great job.

An early classic by my favorite author.

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I read this when I was 20 and in my first lesbian relationship. I always remember it as one of my favorite most influential books. Couldn’t remember why.

38 years later, I’ve re-listened here. The story is sweet, the reading is excellent, and though it’s a lovely coming of age book, now that I’ve been out all these years, it’s hard to remember why this impacted me so profoundly.

But I wish that coming out enjoyment for all you young lesbians :)

Great book for new lesbians

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Life changing book when I was 18. Hearing it aloud was fun, well done and nostalgic.

Excellent

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A really moving account of life for a woman, who is both financially, poor, and a lesbian. While we still have so long to go, the book does make you realize how far much of our society has come. Now we just have to stop the back sliding.

Wonderful historic work

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