
Payment type must be "CreditCard." In the order notes, add personalization details. If you can't attend the event or need a copy shipped to you, you may call the store or add the appropriate book to your cart on our website. If you cannot attend the event, and would like a personalized copy of her book, please call us before the event at (281) 497-8675. Meanwhile, Ephram must choose between loyalty to the sister who raised and stood by him and the chance for a life with the woman he has loved since he was a boy.Ī limited number of autographed copies of Cynthia’s book will be available for purchase after the event. With the terrifying realization that she might not be strong enough to fight her way back out, Ruby struggles to survive her memories of the town's dark past.


Years later, when a funeral forces her to return home, 30-year-old Ruby will find herself reliving the devastating violence of her girlhood. As soon as she becomes a young woman and has any power of her own, Ruby flees suffocating Liberty for the bright pull of 1950s New York City. Young Ruby, "the kind of pretty it hurt to look at," is already quite damaged, but Ephram is forcibly drawn to her.

A native of East Texas, she lives in Los Angeles with her daughter.Įphram Jenkins has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. At present, Bond works as a writing consultant, and teaches therapeutic writing at Paradigm Malibu Adolescent Treatment Center. A PEN/Rosenthal Fellow, Bond founded the Blackbird Writing Collective in 2011.

She attended Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, then moved to New York and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Your book and signing line ticket can be picked up at the event.Ĭynthia Bond has taught writing to homeless and at-risk youth throughout Los Angeles for more than fifteen years. At the time of your purchase, we will issue a signing line ticket that indicates your place in line. Where: Blue Willow Bookshop, 14532 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77079Īdmission: In order to go through the signing line and meet Cynthia Bond for book personalization, please purchase RUBY from Blue Willow Bookshop. What: Cynthia Bond will discuss and sign her newest novel, RUBY.
