About Ru
Ru Freeman is a Sri Lankan writer whose political journalism and fiction has been published internationally. She lives in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
Her debut novel, A Disobedient Girl, will also be published in Dutch, Italian, Chinese, Portuguese and Hebrew. She calls both Sri Lanka and America home and writes about the people and countries underneath her skin.
Visit Ru Freeman’s website HERE.
About A Disobedient Girl
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Atria (July 21, 2009)
Language: English ISBN-10: 1439101957
ISBN-13: 978-1439101957
In one of the most impressive debuts of the year, Ru Freeman delivers an epic, searing novel about betrayal and salvation, the strength of the human spirit, and the boundlessness and limits of love.
Set against the volatile events of the last forty years of Sri Lankan history, A Disobedient Girl traces the lives of three characters whose interwoven fates and histories force them to answer life’s most difficult questions. Beautiful, haunting, alive, and brimming with truth, it is, above all, a novel about extraordinary circumstances that change life in an instant and the power of love to transcend time and place.
The story begins with two little girls, mistress and servant, one with every luxury and opportunity that money can buy and the other with nothing but her yearning for a better life. Together, they grow up bound by love, betrayal, resentment, and an impossible secret.
Then there is Biso, a devoted mother of three, who risks everything to escape from the hands of her tyrannical husband. But her journey, which begins with such hope, takes her on a disastrous path that ultimately leads her to give her life over to strangers she never imagined she would have reason to know, binding her story with that of the girls in the most unexpected and heartbreaking of ways.
A Disobedient Girl is a compelling exploration of personal desire set against the volatile backdrop of class and prejudice, as three women journey toward their future, united by a shared history but separated by different fates. A bold and deeply moving account that spans three decades of love and loss, it is a tale about the will to survive and the incredible power of the human spirit to transcend the unforgiving sweep of tragedy.
“An earnest, worthy, well-crafted debut.” –Kirkus Reviews
“Freeman illustrates contemporary Sri Lankan life through the battles waged between lovers, friends and strangers alike in this study in dignity, strength of character, tolerance and perseverance.”—Publishers Weekly
“… readers will find the bond Freeman creates between Latha and Biso quite gratifying.”—Booklist
Ru Freeman’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:
Monday, August 17th: Jenn’s Bookshelf
Tuesday, August 18th: Worducopia
Monday, August 24th: Maw Books
Thursday, August 27th: Bibliophile by the Sea
Thursday, September 3rd: My Friend Amy
Tuesday, September 8th: Wordlily
Thursday, September 10th: A Sea of Books
Monday, September 14th: Shhh I’m Reading
Wednesday, September 16th: Savvy Verse and Wit
Thursday, September 17th: Ticket to Anywhere
Tuesday, September 22nd: Musings of a Bookish Kitty
Thursday, September 24th: Fizzy Thoughts
Monday, September 28th: Book Addiction
Tuesday, September 29th: Lost in Books
Wednesday, September 30th: Caribousmom
beastmomma says
It looks like her tour is already pretty full, but if you have room or need another, I would LOVE to review this book!!!