Cos'è successo a Ruthy Ramirez
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La vita delle donne Ramirez di Staten Island ruota attorno all’assenza. A tredici anni la figlia di mezzo, Ruthy, scompare una sera dopo l'allenamento di atletica, lasciando la famiglia ferita e in difficoltà.
Gli anni trascorsi dalla scomparsa di Ruthy non sono stati facili per la famiglia Ramirez. Mentre la loro madre, Dolores, lotta ancora con la perdita, Jessica si destreggia tra la figlia piccola e il lavoro di OSS in ospedale, e Nina, dopo tre anni di college e una laurea in Biologia, è tornata a casa solo per accontentarsi di un lavoro come commessa presso un negozio di lingerie nel vicino centro commerciale.
Una notte, dodici anni dopo la scomparsa, la sorella maggiore Jessica vede una donna sullo schermo televisivo in Catfight, un volgare reality show. Si precipita a chiamare la sorella minore Nina: i capelli di questa donna sono tinti di rosso e si fa chiamare Ruby, ma il neo sotto l'occhio sinistro è immediatamente riconoscibile.
Potrebbe essere Ruthy, dopo tutto questo tempo? Jessica e Nina escogitano un piano per recarsi dove viene girato il reality, alla ricerca della sorella scomparsa.
Cos’è successo a Ruthy Ramirez? è un vivido ritratto familiare, in tutta la sua realtà distrutta, che esplora i legami familiari tra donne e i cicli di violenza generazionale, colonialismo, razzismo e silenzio.
- ISBN: 883394428X
- Casa Editrice: Bollati Boringhieri
- Pagine: 224
- Data di uscita: 13-05-2025
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To all the reviewers complaining about the rampant usage of “Fuck” and multiple other cuss words in this book must not be from Brooklyn or the East Coast. Fuckin crybabies.🙄😂😂😂 This book reminded me so much of both sides of my family back in Brooklyn. Weirdly, this book helped me understand my Mami m Leggi tutto
i love lit fic because there is never a plot so it's even more impressive when i find it unputdownable. this had that trademark Debut feeling (kinda clunky and error-ridden writing), but not when it came to the characters, who felt fleshed out and real even though there were 900 of them and the persp Leggi tutto
{BLEEEEP} ‼️ I lost track of the number of times that the word f*ck ( or a derivative of it) was used. If you find bad language or references to bodily fluids or functions amusing than you might enjoy this book more than I did. OUTLIER 🚨 ALERT! In 1996, Ruthy Ramirez, a thirteen year old girl with lo Leggi tutto
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jimenez is a Family Fiction Story! Thirteen-year-old Ruthy disappeared without a trace in 1996. Twelve years later her two sisters, Jessica and Nina, are watching "Catfight", a trashy reality TV show, and see a woman called 'Ruby' who looks just like Ruthy rig Leggi tutto
I had very low expectations for this book based on some other reviews, and I was actually a bit surprised to find that this book was quite touching. This is a short book about a Puerto Rican family affected when their thirteen-year-old sister/daughter Ruthy disappears one day after school. Twelve yea Leggi tutto
I liked this story about a family of Puerto Rican women searching for their long-missing sister who shows up on the cast of a reality TV show many years later. Claire Jiménez does a great job of highlighting the violence and microaggressions faced by Latina women, as well as the messy dynamics of th Leggi tutto
How can I sob at the end of book that cracked me up so much? Thank you to the publishers at Grand Central Publishers for an eARC ahead of the novel’s release in exchange for an honest review! What Happened to Ruth’s Ramirez is a book that takes head-on the messiness of family, being in-between cultu Leggi tutto
One day Ruthy Ramirez supposedly got on a bus and never made it home. This devastated her family – especially her mother (Mami), and her sisters, Jessica and Nina. What could have happened to the independent 13-year-old? This was not like her to not come straight home after track practice. Years lat Leggi tutto
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