GodPretty in the Tobacco Field by Kim Michele RichardsonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I could not stop listening to this amazing historical fiction audiobook, excellently narrated by Katie Schorr, this story of Nameless, Kentucky involves RubyLyn, adopted by her uncle Gunnar, who is a mean, nasty father figure to her. He was fired as an executioner and raised RubyLyn without affection, always having her mouth washed with acidic liquids because she speaks her mind to her uncle's strict requirements. She is lifelong friends (and more) with black neighbor Rainey who works for Gunnar and lives with his Mom. But for all Gunnar's negativism, RubyLyn is a positive, honest girl in a racist town. I did not like the way this book unfolded but it was reality in 1969 Kentucky. I have read and loved all of Kim Michele Richardson's book despite their horror, they were a real picture into the hard scrabble life of uneducated, biased, poor Kentucky backwoods people.
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