Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown *****

Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown after 50 years is still #34 in LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction on Amazon. So much wonderful is happening in this book, I hardly know where to start. It is a coming-of-age story for Molly Bolt. Molly was born poor to an unwed mother, but she was smart and ambitious. This is a Horatio Alger story. Her family pressured her to marry and have children, but she went to college. When she was kicked out of college in Florida, she hitchhiked to NYC and eventually went to NYU. This is a story of family, her stepmother disowned her but eventually said, “I did the best I could. Don’t hate me, honey, don’t hate me.” Her stepfather said, “It’d kill me to see you buckle under to anyone, especially a husband.” This is a feminist story. Molly Bolt was out and proud in 1973!

Molly Bolt was a lesbian from her first feelings of sexuality. The book is explicit about her many girlfriends.

Molly did her best to fit in. She was student council president and dated a football player in high school. In college, she joined a sorority, but there was always a point when she had enough and quit, usually with flare and panache.

She was vocal about the misogyny of the heterosexual patriarchy and fought back. When in film school, the male faculty and students conspired against her. A final film was required but she wasn’t allowed access to the cameras. She stole what she needed.

Rita Mae Brown is the author of a long series of mysteries co-author with her cat, Sneaky Pie Brown.

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