Dear Kim, Ramona Blue is tall. Ramona Blue is a sister. Ramona Blue is a survivor. Ramona Blue has blue hair. Ramona Blue is questioning. And maybe those details are enough to summarize this story, but I loved it too much to stop... Ramona Blue is Julie Murphy’s third novel to hit the shelves. Much like her Side Effects May Vary and DUMPLIN’ , Murphy inserts us into the town of her main character. We know the setting. We know the friends. And we intimately know our main character: Ramona Blue. The central relationship in the book is between Ramona and her sister Hattie. Both girls dream of leaving Eulogy, Mississippi after Ramona graduates from high school. Then Hattie becomes pregnant and her Cinderella dreams are dashed. Ramona is no stranger to sacrificing for her family, but the baby has her sacrificing any hope of a future on her own. While Ramona's own mother is inconsistent at being...