Set in 1940's wartime Chicago, to escape poverty Ruby a fifteen year old girl becomes a dancer in a nightclub instead of a factory job. She gets paid to dance with men each night, unbeknown to her ailing mother. Ruby under the influence of Paulie gets drawn into the seamier and darker side of nightlife and the mob.
Christine Fletcher
Bloomsbury
c2008
Reading Level: 13 -18 years
Genre: Historical Fiction
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