Ruby River

“Lynn Pruett provides, by turns, a sensual, humorous, heart-breaking and uplifting look at life in a small Alabama town.” — New Haven Advocate   Hailed as “a triumph” by the Lexington Herald-Leader , Ruby River drops us into a small town during a blistering Alabama summer. Hattie Bohannon has just opened a truck stop—a magnet for transients of questionable background and inclination, some say, and an uneasy presence in tradition-bound, gossipy Maridoches.   Hattie is quietly mourning h