RED RUBY HEART IN A COLD BLUE SEA is a captivating coming-of-age tale that is almost cinematic in its richly drawn portraits of character and place and is an extraordinary snapshot of a bygone America through the eyes of an inspiring girl blazing her own path to womanhood.

“Callan Rogers ’ astonishing debut brilliantly illuminates deep loss, impossible longing, and our yearning to hold onto love no matter what, all told in the clear voice of one remarkable young heroine. So rapturously moving, I could barely bring myself to close the final page.”

—Caroline Leavitt, author of Pictures of You