Everyone from Louisiana to Florida knows Mama Ruby--a small-town girl
who became one of the South's most notorious and volatile women. Now
New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe reveals how the
indomitable heroine of her acclaimed classic The Upper Room continues
to vex the family she's left behind.
Mama Ruby has died and Maureen Montgomery is finally taking charge of
her own life. With her beautiful teenage daughter, Loretta, by her side,
she returns to Florida and settles into a routine any other woman would
consider bland. But for Maureen and her brother, Virgil, after Mama
Ruby's hair-trigger temper and murderous ways, bland is good. Yet
Loretta has other ideas . . .
Set on becoming rich and famous, Loretta convinces Maureen to let her
start a modeling career with the help of a Miami photographer. But even
as they move in promising new directions, they can't escape Mama
Ruby--including Virgil, who's concealed one of her most shocking acts
for most of his life. To make a future that's truly hers, Maureen will
have to take on a bit of Mama Ruby's strength, forge new bonds--and face
down the past.
