Ten Cents a Dance (Hardcover)

from ShellyPYA

Set in WW II Chicago, Ruby hates her job in the factory, so when the bad boy of the neighborhood tells her about a gig teaching men to dance, she jumps at it. But when she gets there, she discovers it's more than just dancing. The wages and tips more tahn make up for any shame she feels about wha...

from ShellyPYA

Set in WW II Chicago, Ruby hates her job in the factory, so when the bad boy of the neighborhood tells her about a gig teaching men to dance, she jumps at it. But when she gets there, she discovers it's more than just dancing. The wages and tips more tahn make up for any shame she feels about wha...

from kissmeimgone

An amazing book that gripped me from the very beginning. 1941, Chicago...not too long after the Great Depression and there's a war raging on. People are struggling to make ends meet. A girl of the mere age of 15 is forced to grow up for her family. She drops out of school and gets involved with b...

from lindap69

Set in the tenements of Chicago in 1941 Ruby, 15 1/2, is sent to work when her mother loses her job because of the onset of rheumatoid arthritis (father already dead and one younger sister) Ruby soon tires of working in the factory that pickles pigs feet (how many people really eat that stuff) an...

from abbylibrarian

In 1941 Ruby Jacinski works at the meat-packing plant for 12 bucks a week to support her ailing mother and younger sister. When the guy she likes tells her about a place where she can earn four times that amount by doing what she loves - dancing - Ruby quits her job and starts working at the Star...