Pump Up Your Book Presents Healing Ruby Virtual Book Publicity Tour

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Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jennifer H. Westall’s HEALING RUBY virtual book tour March 2 – 27!

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PUYB Inside the Book

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Healing Ruby 3 Title: Healing Ruby
Author: Jennifer H. Westall
Publisher: Jennifer H. Westall
Pages: 369
Genre: Christian Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback/Paperback/Kindle

Ruby Graves, a young girl in Depression-era Alabama, faces the hardships of poverty and loss with as much faith as she can muster. At only the age of thirteen, she’s already lost a younger brother to illness, and now faces losing both her father and the boy who’s stealing her heart to illnesses as well. Armed with her beloved Scriptures, she prays daily for their healing, only to have her tender faith shattered by her father’s death.

Through her pain, she’s able to connect with her long-lost Uncle Asa, who’s mere presence at his brother’s funeral brings murmurs of a scandalous past involving her parents and a prominent local pastor, Irwin Cass. When Ruby discovers that one of Asa’a many secrets is an ability to heal, and that she may be next in line for the “gift,” she vows to find the faith that has eluded her so far, a faith that could mean never losing loved ones again.

But faith and doubt can’t reside in the same heart, not according to her father, and doubt is Ruby’s constant companion. As she struggles to find the true meaning of faith, she’s opposed at every turn by the pastor who would see her family destroyed and a community that can’t see deeper than the color of one’s skin. Through her search for a faith that could move mountains and a true understanding of her gift, can Ruby trust in a God that may require the ultimate sacrifice?

“A fast-paced story that will leave readers wondering what’s next for Ruby Graves. This soulful, often poignant novel explores difficult subjects such as death, racism and religious hypocrisy, while still remaining hopeful. One of its greatest strengths is its cast of well-drawn secondary characters, including the…vengeful preacher who tries to thwart Ruby at every turn. Ruby’s unlikely friendship with a cast-out African-American woman and her child is a particularly bright spot in this often heavy novel.”

— Kirkus Reviews

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PUYB Meet the Author

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Jennifer H. Westall Jennifer Westall dives into Christian characters to explore her own questions of faith. Inspired by the life of her grandmother, Healing Ruby (2014) is the first in the Healing Ruby series, which delves into the mysteries of faith healing. She’s also the author of Love’s Providence (2012), a contemporary Christian romance that navigates the minefield of dating and temptation. She resides in southwest Texas with her husband and two boys, where she homeschools by day and writes by night, thus explaining those pesky bags under her eyes.

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PUYB Tour Schedule A

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Guest Blogging at The Writer’s Life

Tuesday, March 3

Interview at Literarily Speaking

Wednesday, March 4

Book Featured at What Is That Book About

Thursday, March 5

Book Featured at Fallen Over Book Reviews

Friday, March 6

Book Review & Guest Blogging at Melina’s Book Blog

Monday, March 9

Guest Blogging at The Story Behind the Book

Tuesday, March 10

Guest Blogging at Mythical Books

Wednesday, March 11

Book Featured at Jody’s Book Reviews

Thursday, March 12

Book Review at Splashes of Joy

Friday, March 13

Book Review at Books, Reviews, ETC

Monday, March 16

Book Featured at StoryBook Reviews

Tuesday, March 17

Book Featured at Confessions of a Reader

Wednesday, March 18

First Chapter Reveal at As the Page Turns

Thursday, March 19

Book Review at Deal Sharing Aunt

Friday, March 20

Book Review at Laura’s Interests

Book Review at Manners & Mayhem

Monday, March 23

Guest Blogging at FictionZeal

Wednesday, March 25

Book Review at A Simple Life, Really?!

Guest Blogging at Lori’s Reading Corner

Thursday, March 26

Book Featured at CBY Book Club

Friday, March 27

Book Review at Undercover Book Reviews

Book Review at Quirky Book Reviews

Book Featured at Bound 2 Escape

Monday March 30

Book Review at My Devotional Thoughts

 

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