Tuesday, July 19, 2005

one of those hideous books where the mother dies


"My name is Ruby.
This book is about me.

It tells the deeply hideous story
of what happens when my mother dies
and I'm dragged three thousand miles away
from my gorgeous boyfriend, Ray,
to live in LA with my father,
who I've never even met
because he's such a scumbag that he
divorced my mom before I was born.

The only way I've ever even seen him
is in the movies,
since he's this mega-famous actor
who's been way too busy
trying to win Oscars
to even visit me once in fifteen years"

Will Ruby ever forgive her famous father? And will she survive losing her mother?
one of the hideous books where the mother dies is told totally in verse by Sonya Somes.

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