Born with Down syndrome, Ruby Jean Sharp lives at a time when being a developmentally disabled person usually meant growing up behind locked doors. When Ruby Jeans loving grandmother dies, she is taken to the Provincial Lunatic Asylum. It is here that Ruby Jean learns to survive isolation, boredom, and every kind of abuse.
- ISBN10 1554884470
- ISBN13 9781554884476
- Publish Date 8 April 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 16 February 2015
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Dundurn Group Ltd
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 168
- Language English
- URL http://dundurn.com/books/free_bird