{"id":47513,"date":"2020-12-16T11:12:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T16:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=47513"},"modified":"2021-11-13T09:55:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T14:55:18","slug":"saving-ruby-king-by-catherine-adel-west-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/saving-ruby-king-by-catherine-adel-west-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong>
\nA dead woman opens Catherine Adel West\u2019s startling, haunting debut. Two fathers, two daughters, and the building that is Chicago\u2019s Calvary Hope Christian Church will unravel her unfortunate murder, revealing generations of secrets and violence that culminate in young Ruby King cradling her mother Alice\u2019s dying body.<\/p>\n

Kim Staunton as Alice is old beyond her years, the beaten-down wife of brutal Lebanon, who\u2019s already served time for killing. Adam Lazarre-White growls and threatens throughout, simmering in Lebanon\u2019s envy and hate. Their daughter Ruby \u2013 made both steely and vulnerable by Imani Parks \u2013 couldn\u2019t protect her mother and has already tried suicide as her own escape, but her best friend, Layla, rescued her before and will do anything to help her again.<\/p>\n

Newcomer Terra Strong Lyons fills Layla with determined empathy and not a little rebellious spirit, especially directed at her protective father, Jackson, who recognizes the dangers that loom with knowing the Kings. Also making his aural debut, Lloyd Roberson II deftly channels Jackson\u2019s well-substantiated suspicion and blinding worry. Watching over them all is Calvary Church, embodied by veteran Ron Butler, who bears witness to loyalties and deceptions with restraint and solemnity.<\/p>\n

Saving Ruby King\u00a0<\/em>will mean confronting lies, blackmail, death, incest, and\u00a0imprisonment to finally reveal\u00a0the redeeming truth.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Media,” Booklist<\/em>, November 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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