![]() ![]() Possessing little money, she hitchhikes to New York to pursue an education in filmmaking. However, when Molly's relationship with her alcoholic roommate is discovered, she is put into their psychiatric ward and denied a renewal of her scholarship. Molly pushes herself to excel in high school, winning a full scholarship to the University of Florida. Her father, Carl, dies when she is in her junior year of high school. ![]() Molly also engages in sex with males, including her cousin Leroy when the two were younger. Bisland, and then again in a Florida high school, where she has another sexual relationship with another friend, the school's head cheerleader Carolyn Simpson, who willingly has sex with Molly but rejects the "lesbian" label. ![]() Molly has her first same-sex sexual relationship in the sixth grade with her girlfriend Leota B. Her relationship with her mother is rocky, and at a young age her mother, referred to as "Carrie", informs Molly that she is not her own biological child but a "bastard". The novel focuses on Molly Bolt, the adopted daughter of a poor family, who possesses remarkable beauty and who is aware of her lesbianism from early childhood. The term "rubyfruit jungle" is a term used in the novel for the female genitals. The novel is a coming-of-age autobiographical account of Brown's youth and emergence as a lesbian author. Published in 1973, it was remarkable in its day for its explicit portrayal of lesbianism. ![]() Rubyfruit Jungle is the first novel by Rita Mae Brown. ![]()
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