Ruby Dreams of Janis Joplin

by Mary Clearman Blew

Book Overview

Music, whether a Debussy tude or Gram Parsons's "Hickory Wind," has been a constant in Ruby Gervais's life. After Ruby helps fuel a paranoid fervor that spreads like wildfire throughout her rural Montana community, her home life deteriorates. As a sixteen-year-old high school dropout busing tables at the local bar two nights a week, her prospects are uncertain. So when, after her shift one night, the Idaho Rivermen invite her to join their band and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496207580
• ISBN13: 9781496207586
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.3"