Another reason why Ruby is sad about leaving is her boyfriend Ray, whom she's in love with. She explains that her father, famous actor Whip Logan, divorced her mother before she was even born and the only time she ever saw him was in the movie theater. She soon finds herself torn between her old life and her new life.įifteen-year-old Ruby reluctantly moves from Boston to Los Angeles after her mother passes away from cancer. The novel is told mostly in blank verse with periodic interruptions of emails and letters Ruby exchanges with her friends. Ruby is taken away from her friends and family, all of which she loves, and is forced to cope in the fake and artificial world of Hollywood. It is a young adult novel that tells the story of Ruby Milliken who is forced to go live with her famous movie star father, Whip Logan, in Los Angeles when her mother dies. One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies (2004) is a novel in verse by Sonya Sones.
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