Ruby Red Skies

Name: Ruby Red Skies
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Taslim Burkowicz
ISBN: 9781773636078

Author: Taslim Burkowicz

Narrator: Nisha Ahuja

Unabridged: 12 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 09/12/2023

Categories: Fiction, World Literature, Romance, Contemporary Romance

Synopsis

Ruby used to be a fiery, sexy, musical genius. But when she got pregnant as a teenager in the 90s, her life took a turn into banality. Now a middle-aged Indo-Canadian woman, she feels unseen and unheard by her white husband and struggles to communicate with her mixed-race daughter. When she discovers her husband cheating, she embarks on a quest to unearth exciting secrets from her past. To find what she needs, she drives straight into B.C.’s raging wildfires, accompanied only by the fantastical stories her mother used to tell about their ancient Mughal ancestry — a dancer named Rubina who lived in the concubine quarters of the great Agra Fort. This book is at once historical fiction and political romance, deftly navigating themes of mixed-race relationships, climate change, motherhood, body shame, death and the passage of time.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Em on November 09, 2022

My god. This book was… not good. Maybe it was the too-familiar suburban references outside of Vancouver (I grew up there and despite the familiarity, it made me cringe and nauseous at times), the ableist (and yet aware of ableism!?) debate over keeping a neurodivergeng baby or not, the rampant fatph......more

Goodreads review by Rowan on October 05, 2022

I think this is a great book if you’re looking for Indian historical fiction which is one part of the story with Rubina set in the 1600s. While the other part of the story is about Ruby, an Indian Canadian woman whose mother named her after Rubina and her and her family’s life mainly in 2017. The st......more

Goodreads review by Chrissy on October 03, 2022

Book review coming to @bookznbeauty Insta soon! Loved reading about my own backyard (BC) and learning about a historical period in India I, admittedly, knew nothing about. LOVED Taslim’s The Desirable Sister and enjoyed this as well!......more

Goodreads review by Vida on December 11, 2023

I really enjoyed the novel and it was very well written.......more

Goodreads review by Anson on December 11, 2023

I thought the book was easy to read and brought up a lot of good concepts that I would have never thought about. I know it's fiction but it gets you thinking.......more