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Mama Ruby by Mary Monroe · Booklabria

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Mama Ruby

FriendshipAfrican American women

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First published: 2011
Language: English
Editions: 8

Synopsis

After Othella--the daughter of the town tramp in Shreveport, Louisiana--convinces her to give her baby away, fifteen-year-old Ruby Jean Upshaw runs away to New Orleans, where nothing can quell her simmering rage at Othella for persuading her to let her baby go

Subjects: Friendship
African American women
Pregnancy
Runaway teenagers
Teenage mothers
Set in: New Orleans

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