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A fiery, beautiful debut about the last days of childhood, Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea is both heartbreaking and intoxicating. In the summer of 1963, Florine Gilham's mother disappears without a trace and Florine's childhood ends. In the years that follow, years of not knowing what happened to her mother, Florine is held fast by her father, her Grand, and her childhood friends. But nothing stays the same, even if she wants it to. 'Florine and Red Ruby Heart will captivate you. I loved this book.' Favel Parrett 'Deeply moving...Callan Rogers writes with a superb sense of place and period, delving deftly into true-to-life responses to unexplained loss...A realistic and resonant coming-of-age novel.' Kirkus Reviews (less)

A fiery, beautiful debut about the last days of childhood, Red Ruby Heart in a Cold Blue Sea is both heartbreaking and intoxicating. In the summer of 1963, Florine Gilham's mother disappears without a trace and Florine's childhood ends. (…more)