![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nobody goes out of their way to be cruel to her, but nobody goes out of their way to be friendly, either. Rebecca doesn't fit in amongst the caste-conscious kids at school, since as a visitor she doesn't have the same tight-knit history as the rest of them. She's only ever met this aunt once before, and the quiet social status power games of New Orleans are a totally different world from the bustling city she's used to. While her father is on business in China for six months, Rebecca is sent from her home in New York to stay with her "aunt" in New Orleans. I saw this cover last year and it stuck in my head enough that when I went browsing for something to take with me on my way out of town, I saw Ruined and thought "oh yeah, I was curious about that one!" And what's that? Could this be a depiction of a woman of colour? Why it is! Ok, I have no idea why she's in a backless dress, but it's very striking, and all the other elements of the cover are both relevant to the story and evocative of the book's tone. ![]() I love the wrought-iron title, the foggy and surreal look to the graveyard, and the semi-transparent young woman in the centre of it all. Yes, I got sucked in by the cover on this one. ![]()
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