{"product_id":"9780385696708","title":"Probably Ruby","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the 2022 Amazon Canada First Novel Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2022 Saskatchewan Book Awards Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2022 Saskatchewan Book Awards Saskatoon Book Award\u003cbr\u003eA CBC Best Canadian Fiction Book of 2021\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProbably Ruby\u003c\/i\u003e is an audacious, brave, and beautiful book about an adopted woman's search for her Indigenous identity, for readers of Tommy Orange's \u003ci\u003eThere There\u003c\/i\u003e and Terese Marie Mailhot's \u003ci\u003eHeart Berries.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRelinquished as an infant, Ruby is placed in a foster home and finally adopted by Alice and Mel, a less-than-desirable couple who can't afford to complain too loudly about Ruby's Indigenous roots. But when her new parents' marriage falls apart, Ruby finds herself vulnerable and in compromising situations that lead her to search, in the unlikeliest of places, for her Indigenous identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnabashedly self-destructing on alcohol, drugs, and bad relationships, Ruby grapples with the meaning of the legacy left to her. In a series of expanding narratives, Ruby and the people connected to her tell their stories and help flesh out Ruby's history. Seeking understanding of how we come to know who we are, \u003ci\u003eProbably Ruby\u003c\/i\u003e explores how we find and invent ourselves in ways as peculiar and varied as the experiences of Indigenous adoptees themselves. Ruby's voice, her devastating honesty and tremendous laugh, will not soon be forgotten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProbably Ruby\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfectly crafted novel, with effortless, nearly imperceptible shifts in time and perspective, exquisitely chosen detail, natural dialogue and emotional control that results in breathtaking levels of tension and points of revelation.","brand":"Lisa Bird-Wilson (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":51628680773928,"sku":null,"price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0976\/7482\/1928\/files\/BNCImageAPI_af67e484-5630-4420-ac7e-d5c59ae3b058.jpg?v=1775439195","url":"https:\/\/hiddengembookco.ca\/products\/9780385696708","provider":"Hidden Gem Book Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}