Ruby's World

A white American woman goes to live among the Zulus. She goes to teach English with the best of intentions. She will end up fleeing for her life…
Fifteen years after the fall of Apartheid, Karen Baldwin accepts an invitation to teach elementary school in a rural village set in the stunningly beautiful foothills of the Drakensburg Mountains. So far, so good.
But Baldwin’s naïve enthusiasm to assist the Zulus in their pursuit of modernization encounters stiff resistance. Twenty-first century medicine competes with witchdoctor magic, science succumbs to superstition, and tribal traditions know no bounds of physical and emotional cruelty.
Adrift in a culture she cannot comprehend, Baldwin unintentionally incites gender and racial unrest and must abandon her students to save her own life.
Ruby’s World is an extraordinary story, beautifully told. Candid, touching, hilarious, startling, and compelling, Baldwin carries her readers along every twist and turn in the journey. The narrative is deeply personal, yet universal, extending a raw invitation for readers to examine their own prejudices and ethics. Brace yourself to have your eyes opened and heart cracked in ways you won’t want to miss.
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