My book club read A Virtuous Woman by Kaye Gibbons. We've been on a southern women writers theme lately. This book is set in the south east. The author, we were told, wrote some of the story while simultaneously breastfeeding twins. That is multi-tasking if I've ever heard it. The main characters are Jack and Ruby. Others include Tiny Fran, Burr and June. Jack and Ruby don't have much but they share a love that other people envy. Ruby's love for Jack is demonstrated by cooking meals ahead of time so that Jack doesn't run out of frozen dinners until 4 months after her death. Jack's love for Ruby is demonstrated by his moving her hands out of the traditional "crossing over the chest" position in her coffin because he knows she wouldn't want the nicotine stains on her fingers showing. Someone in the book club said the novel could easily be called "A Virtuous Man" because of Jack. Jack is something. He is at least as if not more virtuous than Ruby. This is a good story if you want a quick book about true love that includes some memorable characters.
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