Rubyville: A Place to Call Home, Book 1 - Paperback

by Julia Ryan (Illustrator), Deborah Ann Dykeman (Author)

Annabella Barton is a headstrong, independent woman of the 1880s. She loves her parents, and she loves Rubyville, Kansas, the town her parents founded. Annabella King is also a headstrong, independent woman of the 1980s. She has lost her parents, and her love for Rubyville, Kansas, is what keeps her going. Meeting Michael Langworthy in the summer of 1980 will change her life in ways she never thought possible. It will also change Rubyville. The lives of these two young women will forever be entangled and their love for Rubyville will bind them together.

Author Biography

Deborah Ann Dykeman has been married for thirty-one years and has five fantastic children. At the last count, she had three wonderful sons-in-law and three grandchildren, with another on the way. She has homeschooled her children, taught Sunday school, been an AWANA director and worked as a CNA. Her love of history has been the inspiration for 'Rubyville'. Many old towns lay silent and abandoned across the state of Kansas. Buildings stand, reflecting what they once were. The desire to remember these towns and the people that were a part of them is at the heart of this book. Deborah resides in the state of Kansas in the beautiful Flint Hills region. Rubyville is Deborah's second published work. To Thee I'm Wed was published in 2015. Rubyville, A Place to Call Home is the first in the Rubyville Series.