When Ruby loses her job in Depression-era Norfolk, she boards a Greyhound for home. That bus will take her, not to her family, but to shame and degradation, to a life she never envisioned. Escape from that misery eventually comes, and she seeks to rebuild her life, while helping other women rebuild theirs. The road to peace and a new life will not be an easy one for her. Winner of both the 2018 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for Women's Interest and the 2020 eLit Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Women's Issues