Robin and Ruby

Robin and Ruby

At twenty-years-old, Robin MacKenzie is waiting for his life to start. Waiting until his summer working at a Philly restaurant is over and he's back with his boyfriend Peter. . .until the spring semester when he'll travel to London for an acting program. . .until the moment when the confidence he fakes starts to feel real.<br /><br />"Engaging. . .capturing intimately the mood of the period." –<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br /><br />Then, one hot June weekend, Robin gets dumped by his boyfriend and quickly hits the road with his best friend George to find his teenaged sister, Ruby, who's vanished from a party at the Jersey Shore. <br /><br />"A fresh, eloquent perspective to the oft-writ story of sexual and romantic coming of age." –<i>Book Marks</i><br /><br />But Ruby is on an adventure of her own, dressing in black, declaring herself an atheist, pulling away from the boyfriend she doesn't love--not the way she loves the bands whose fractured songs are the soundtrack to her life. Then a chance encounter puts Ruby in pursuit of a seductive but troubled boy who might be the key to her happiness, or a disaster waiting to happen. Now as their paths converge, Ruby and Robin will confront the sadness of their shared past and rebuild the bonds that still run deep. . .<br /><br />"Lush. . .bittersweet. . .two characters who gleefully leap off the page." –<i>Bay Area Reporter</i>