Cynthia Bond

Ruby

Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2016

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Produktbeschreibung

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS' WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 PICKED BY OPRAH FOR HER BOOK CLUB 2.0A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING DEBUT Voodoo, faith and racism converge in an East Texas town, where a man is forced to choose between the sister who raised him and the disgraced woman he has loved since he was a boy

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Murray Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 126mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 264g
• ISBN-13: 9781473620513
• ISBN-10: 1473620511
• Artikelnr.: 42587970

Autorenporträt

Writer and educator Cynthia Bond has taught writing to homeless and at-risk youth throughout Los Angeles for over fifteen years. She attended Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, then moved to New York and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Cynthia acted for many years in New York with the Negro Ensemble Company. A PEN Rosenthal Fellow, Cynthia founded the Blackbird Writing Collective in 2011. At present, Bond teaches therapeutic writing at Paradigm Malibu Adolescent Treatment Center. A native of East Texas, she lives in Los Angeles with her daughter. Ruby, an Oprah Book Club 2.0 pick, is her first novel and it was shortlisted for the 2016 Baileys' Women's Fiction prize. cynthiabond.com facebook.com/cynthiabondruby twitter.com/cynthiabond