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Ruby Paperback – September 1, 2008

by Yvonne G. Williams (Author)
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Ruby begins in the summer of 1965 as she takes us on a journey with the flamboyant and carefree Candace, her mother whose attempt at preventing Ruby the heartache of an unhappy marriage and unfulfilled dreams sends her spinning into her youth years with a future and a hope. Week-end outings to the theater, the beach, and expensive shopping trips opens the young girl to a life outside the abusive home. She sees that there is a world where life is good and dreams can come true. Unexpectedly the teenager finds herself alone. Her mantra, "Ruby dances in her dreams, Momma cooks and cleans and cleans. Daddy mustn't ever know, that Ruby loves her dancing so," becomes the catalyst that, along with her naiveté, sends her to the streets of NY grasping for meaning and purpose to the tragedy of her mother's death. Thirty years later, through Ruby’s daughter Abby, secrets that Ruby has kept buried for three decades begin to surface. Candace’s hope for her daughter finally comes true once fate rises to meet her and forces the truth of her life in New York to surface. Ruby delves relentlessly into the vortex of shattered lives - and then - suddenly, beautifully, wondrously, it discovers hope. in the very darkness of a loathsome and frightening world there glimmers a profound and thorough declaration of individual redemption.
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  1. Print length
    288 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    September 1, 2008
  4. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.72 x 8.5 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1502724898
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1502724892
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Yvonne is a professional artist, author and screenwriter. Her book titles include: Proponents of Peace; My Father's Garden - A Tribute to Step-Fathers; My Daily Garden Journal; There's a Flower in the Garbage; And the Angels Danced; and A Dance For Bethany which is also a 4-time award winning Feature Film about a 12-year-old runaway rescued out of a life of sex slavery and into her dream of becoming a dancer. Yvonne is the co-founder and President of Trafficking In America Task Force, Inc. a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization formed to educate and mobilize people across the United States to work towards eradicating human trafficking in America through education and creating cultural change. She has coordinated the four National Trafficking in America Conferences. Yvonne travels throughout the country educating and inspiring people to work to create a culture free of slavery and sexual exploitation. Some of her many presentations include: Key note at the Universal Peace Federation forums in Washington, DC, The Face of Human Trafficking in America, Creating Solutions to End it and Human Trafficking and Poverty, a Critical Connection: Creating a Culture Free of Slavery; Women's Federation for World Peace 20th Anniversary Conference, Las Vegas, From Victim to Victor to Voice; Freedom Rally, Orlando, FL on Demand Reduction and Solutions for Cultural Change; Vanderbilt University, TN, Complicity of the Sate in Human Trafficking; Elon University, NC, Demand for Commercial Sex and How to Stop it; Eastern Carolina University, NC, Ending Human Trafficking by Ending the Demand. She recently served as a speaker on Human Trafficking at the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 1, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1502724898
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1502724892
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.72 x 8.5 inches

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Yvonne G. Williams is the screenwriter for "A Dance For Bethany" which is a 4-time award winning Feature Film about a 12-year-old runaway rescued out of a life of sex slavery and into her dream of becoming a dancer. This is the story that changed her life. Since learning in 2004 of the sex trafficking problem that plagues not only America but the entire globe, Yvonne and husband, Marion have worked to educate people and make them aware of the tragedy. The story of "A Dance For Bethany" proves one person really can make a difference and is now seen in the Czech-Republic; Middle East; and South Africa where it was launched to combat sex trafficking in South Africa. She penned a novel of the story, "Ruby: Secrets of a Wounded Soul".

Yvonne traveled throughout the country bringing education and awareness to communities, colleges and universities, churches, and the like, for 15 years. She is the co-founder of Trafficking in America Task Force, Inc. with husband Marion founded in 2011 and held annual conference in TN and FL.

She has written over two-dozen books: Some non-fiction include "Love Is: A Unifying Force"; "Forgiveness: The Missing Link to Wholeness"; "There's a Flower in the Garbage: Why Suffering Can be a Beautiful Thing", and others. She found al love for storytelling when she authored "Miss Emma from Silverlake" (a Chistmas Story) and has written nine others since, her most recent, "Friends for aThousand Years: A Love Story".

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