| Ruby Capote, the narrator of Girls Poker Night, is your quintessential New York cynic. This persona serves her just fine in her job as a humor columnist; she s unafraid to write the most humiliating details about herself or her friends, because she truly doesn t care. But over the course of a year or so of Wednesday night poker parties with her pals, Ruby is forced to face her past--especially her sorrow over her father, who committed suicide after he left Ruby s mother. Meanwhile, Ruby comes to terms with her budding feelings for Michael, the editor of her newspaper, who, in a neat twist, turns out to be estranged from his only child (shades of Ruby s lost father). Davis, a former writer for The Late Show, does a fine job of maintaining Ruby s sharp humor while leading her through a minefield of emotional discovery. --Claire Dederer |
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