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Andrews,
V.
C.
RUBY
Pocket
Books,
1993.
428
pages,
hardcover
in
dustjacket
622
grams
IN
THE
HEART
OF
THE
BAYOU.
RUBY
LANDRY
LIVES
A
SIMPLE,
HAPPY
LIFE.
BUT
INNOCENCE
CAN'T
LAST
FOREVER....
The
only
family
Ruby
Landry
has
ever
known
are
her
loving
guardian,
Grandmere
Catherine,
a
Cajun
spiritual
healer,
and
her
drunken,
outcast
Grandpere
Jack.
Although
thinking
about
her
dead
mother
and
mysterious
father
sometimes
makes
her
feel
as
mournful
as
the
wind
sighing
through
the
Spanish
moss,
Ruby
is
grateful
for
all
she
has.
Her
life
is
filled
with
hope
and
promise..
especially
when
her
attraction
for
handsome
Paul
Tate
blossoms
into
a
mysterious,
wonderful
love.
But
Paul's
wealthy
parents
forbid
him
to
associate
with
a
poor
Landry,
and
Grandmere
urges
her
to
follow
her
dream
of
becoming
a
great
painter,
foreseeing
a
time
when
Ruby
will
be
surrounded
with
riches
in
the
dazzling
city
of
New
Orleans!
Yet
she
cannot
know
how
close
that
uncertain
future
looms....
In
a
faded
photograph,
Ruby
glimpses
for
the
first
time
the
image
of
her
father,
and
learns
of
a
shameful
deception
and
a
shocking
scheme
of
blackmail
that
now
must
come
to
light.
Stunned
by
these
revelations,
she
is
devastated
when
Grandmere
dies,
leaving
her
to
seek
out
her
father
in
his
vast
New
Orleans
mansion.
There,
in
a
house
of
lies,
madness,
and
cruel
torment,
Ruby
clings
to
her
memories
of
Paul
to
keep
her
heart
alive.
For
only
their
love
can
save
her
now....
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