Rubyfruit Jungle

Rubyfruit Jungle is the first milestone novel in the career of one of America's most distinctive writers. Bawdy and moving, Rubyfruit Jungle is about growing up a lesbian in America -- and living happily ever after. Born a bastard, Molly Bolt is adopted by a dirt-poor southern couple who want something better for their daughter. Molly plays doctor with the boys, beats up Leroy the Tub and loses her virginity to her girlfriend.... But the world is not tolerant. Booted out of college for moral turpitude, an unrepentant, penniless Molly takes New York by storm, sending not a few female hearts aflutter with her startling beauty, crackling wit and fierce determination. Rubyfruit Jungle has only grown in reputation as it has reached new generations of readers who respond to its feisty and inspiring heroine.