After saying good bye to her summer romance Grace, Ramona realizes that for her, it was more than just a summer fling. Ramona, far from a shrinking violet, sports electric blue hair.always. Ramona is a larger than life figure-standing at over 6' tall, she has to duck and navigate her "home" and showering in the tiny shower is laughable. Since Hurricane Katrina destroyed their home, they have been living in a FEMA trailer that is little better than sleeping outside. Ramona is the only one who seems to "get" that the family is struggling for their existence. Ramona Blue longs to escape her seedy beach town of Eulogy, Mississippi-Eulogy-even sounds desolate right? Ramona's world is made up of her pregnant sister Hattie, her inept father, her idiot mother and no where to go or to be except at one of her jobs. A strong female on the brink of discovery, Ramona is learning about life and love and how both can change and that change is okay. Ramona Blue is author Julie Murphy's most memorable character yet.
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