Rubyfruit Jungle: A Novel, Rita Mae Brown

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Rubyfruit Jungle: A Novel — Paperback (2015 Edition)
By Rita Mae Brown

A trailblazer of queer literature and a defining classic of lesbian coming-of-age fiction, Rubyfruit Jungle remains as sharp, joyful, and revolutionary today as when it first appeared more than four decades ago. This 2015 paperback edition brings Rita Mae Brown’s iconic voice to a new generation of readers while honoring the novel’s legacy as a Lambda Literary Pioneer Award winner and recipient of the Lee Lynch Classic Book Award.

The story follows Molly Bolt, the adopted daughter of a poor Southern family who refuses to shrink herself to fit anyone’s expectations—not her school, not her town, and certainly not the strict rules imposed on girls who love other girls. With wit as cutting as it is charming, Molly navigates childhood, college life, relationships, heartbreak, and the intoxicating freedom of discovering who she truly is. Everywhere she goes, women are drawn to her fearless honesty—and Molly embraces desire with equal parts mischief and clarity.

Bold, bawdy, and brimming with life, Rubyfruit Jungle is a novel that helped redefine queer identity in American literature. Gloria Steinem called it “the rare work of fiction that has changed real life”—and generations of readers agree. This is a book about self-invention, resilience, love, and the unapologetic pursuit of happiness.