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Word: rubyfruit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1978-1978
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...Twain's Americanness is more comfortable than Rita Mae Brown's. Back in the 19th century, there was still room for innocence. Now it's a little harder to come by, and most of our attempts take the form of "The Waltons"--self-congratulatory and insipid. Molly Bolt of Rubyfruit Jungle, Brown's previous book, came close. But in Six of One, Brown tackles a much more serious task. Rubyfruit Jungle was a sad-funny autobiographical sketch of a young lesbian growing up. Six of One is an attempt to construct a fictional feminist history of the 20th century...

Author: By Susanna Rodell, | Title: A Half Dozen of the Other | 10/24/1978 | See Source »

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