{"id":2529,"date":"2007-05-10T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-10T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:26:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:26:29","slug":"sweet-talker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2529","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Talker"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not like Ruby doesn\u2019t realize that some loves are just \u2013 doomed.
Look at her mother. Every time her father blows into town, there\u2019s Mom, lighting up the torch for him, and waving it. And every single time, Dad waltzes in, and waltzes right back out. It\u2019s the \u2018Honey, Baby, Sweetheart\u2019<\/a> symptom \u2013 all the guy\u2019s gotta do is talk nice, and she\u2019s done. Ruby knows all the signs and symptoms, which is why it is at times frustrating when it happens to her.<\/p>\n

Travis is so typical as to be a caricature \u2013 this hot, richy guy on a motorcycle, feckless, reckless and carefree, who one day \u2013 whoosh \u2013 takes Ruby on a ride. They go over 100 mph, and she doesn\u2019t scream. That means she has cojones, according to Travis. Ruby knows very well she was too scared to make a sound, much less scream \u201cStop \u2013 I wanna get off!\u201d like anyone with sense might do. Travis creates Ruby in the image that he wants her to inhabit, and she does all she can to be the kind of girl that Travis would want her to be.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ruby\u2019s mother finally realizes that her daughter is veering off the edge. The two form a plan to keep themselves busy \u2013 Ruby is to attend her mother\u2019s book club, where most of the octogenarian readers are hilarious and outrageous. The adults around her provide Ruby the prospective she needs \u2013 but only after she hits a wall herself.<\/p>\n

A kidnapping, a few wild rides and a lot of laughter and heartbreak, memorable characters and fast-paced dialogue make up this interesting Deb Caletti book. Golden Girl\u2019s fans will smile, so check it out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not like Ruby doesn\u2019t realize that some loves are just \u2013 doomed.Look at her mother. Every time her father blows into town, there\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[43,21,5],"class_list":["post-2529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-girls-fiction","tag-realistic-fiction","tag-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4023,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions\/4023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}