After 13-year-old Ruthy Ramirez disappeared in high school, the Ramirez women have been orbiting around absence. A decade later, when the oldest sister Jessica spots a woman on a raunchy reality TV show, she rushes to tell her younger sister Nina. Could this woman called Ruby, with red hair and a beauty mark under her left eye, be their long-lost sister?

While RUTHY RAMIREZ touches on missing Black and brown women/girls, it focuses on the Ramirez family and the unbreakable bonds between mothers and sisters. It balances between heavy topics of racism & poverty and humorous portrayals of the everyday lives of Puerto Rican women. Alternating between the different Ramirez women, I enjoy how each woman's personality shines through.

Thank you to Grand Central Pub and NetGalley for the eARC.