For sheer reading pleasure Ladee Hubbard's original and wildly inventive novel is in a class by itself.
--Toni Morrison The Talented Ribkins is a charming and delightful debut novel with a profound heart, and Ladee Hubbard's voice is a welcome original.
--Mary Gaitskill - Winner of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award- Winner of the William Faulkner - William Wisdom Prize- An INDIE NEXT pick- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award NomineeAt seventy-two, Johnny Ribkins shouldn't have such pro.