{"product_id":"2940169579468","title":"Diamond Ruby: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Ruby Thomas, newly responsible for her two young nieces after a devastating tragedy, is determined to keep her family safe in the vast, swirling world of 1920s New York City. She¿s got street smarts, boundless determination, and one unusual skill: the ability to throw a ball as hard as the greatest pitchers in a baseball-mad city.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Coney Island sideshows to the brand-new Yankee Stadium, \u003cem\u003eDiamond Ruby\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the extraordinary life and times of a girl who rises from utter poverty to the kind of renown only the Roaring Twenties can bestow. But her fame comes with a price, and Ruby must escape a deadly web of conspiracy and threats from Prohibition rumrunners, the Ku Klux Klan, and the gangster underworld.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on a true story and peopled with such heroes of the time as Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey, \u003cem\u003eDiamond Ruby\u003c\/em\u003e is \"the exciting tale of a forgotten piece of baseball¿s heritage, a girl who could throw with the best of them. A real page-turner.\" (Kevin Baker, author of \u003cem\u003eStrivers Row\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47099708670192,"sku":"2940169579468","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169579468_p0.jpg?v=1769896719","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169579468","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}