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Cynthia bond books5/22/2023 ![]() James Marshall, the son of a slave master and a slave, who became Mr. More than anything, my sister and I grew to love our grandfather Mr. Of her beloved sister being murdered by the sheriff and his deputies, of so many other siblings who, because of their skin color and the dehumanization of racism, made the decision to flee up North and pass for white. In many ways, this is how Ruby began.Īs my sister and I grew older, my mother shared more of her story. As children, my sister and I would point to each of these scars, these "chapters" in her young life. The elbow where a teacup was hurled at her as she bolted out of a door. Stepping on a rusty nail and having to wear a slab of salt pork wrapped around her foot for an entire summer. She has a collection of tiny scars on her body that illustrate her journey. A stunningly beautiful and nationally recognized academician today, my mother grew up on a little farm in the piney woods. Some of my first memories are of listening to my mother tell stories about her childhood home, a small, all-black East Texas town. There are moments, spices, that have been stirred in slowlyfrom my life and from the stories of others. ![]() There are elements of Rubylocations, characters, storiesthat have come from real life. Cynthia Bond shares how her family's experiences as "colored" folks in the deep South shaped her debut novel, Ruby. ![]()
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