The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard has several memorable characters and meaningful quotes! You first meet Mr. August Sitwell who has worked for the Barclays since childhood. He currently watches over the entire estate as the grounds keeper, but he has worked in almost all of the positions available. He inadvertently creates a delicious ‘meat sauce’ and becomes the face on the jar of ‘Rib King’ sauce – but he is also a murderer.
‘ Vigilance: that was what was required to keep the weeds out, what he has started to lose sight of by spending so much time in the house.‘
Jennie Williams worked as a maid for the Barclays alongside Mr. Sitwell, until the estate burnt down. She finds a name for herself as a beauty parlor owner and entrepreneur. She has created her own product, a multi-purpose beauty cream. Jennies life is always a question of trust: who to trust and who not to. Who will cheat her out of her entrepreneurial dream?
‘All such a waste of time. You can’t wish this world away and you can’t shoot your way out either. You just have to find the strength to rise above it. By being excellent. That’s how you cope with this world‘
This book is one great mystery. The reader is halfway through the book before they realize what a tightly woven plot it has. As you wind your way through Mr. Sitwell and Jennies ‘associates’ and connections you discover no one is who they seem to be.
‘How I hate the way people lie to themselves, come up with fanciful stories and ways to romanticize the surface of things. When all along the real truth is right there, staring them in the face.‘
‘ Vigilance: that was what was required to keep the weeds out, what he has started to lose sight of by spending so much time in the house.‘
Jennie Williams worked as a maid for the Barclays alongside Mr. Sitwell, until the estate burnt down. She finds a name for herself as a beauty parlor owner and entrepreneur. She has created her own product, a multi-purpose beauty cream. Jennies life is always a question of trust: who to trust and who not to. Who will cheat her out of her entrepreneurial dream?
‘All such a waste of time. You can’t wish this world away and you can’t shoot your way out either. You just have to find the strength to rise above it. By being excellent. That’s how you cope with this world‘
This book is one great mystery. The reader is halfway through the book before they realize what a tightly woven plot it has. As you wind your way through Mr. Sitwell and Jennies ‘associates’ and connections you discover no one is who they seem to be.
‘How I hate the way people lie to themselves, come up with fanciful stories and ways to romanticize the surface of things. When all along the real truth is right there, staring them in the face.‘