“Rubies from Burma tells the WWII coming of age story of Mae Lee Willis, in the hateful shadow of her beautiful older sister, Ava. Much of the novel focuses on Mae Lee’s gawky stage, her voice, and the South Georgia setting reminiscent of Carson McCullers’s A Member of the Wedding. As she matures the voice changes subtly to match events. The talent shown in Anne Lovett’s debut novel makes her an author to watch. I can’t wait to read her next story.” –Louise Richardson, writer and past president of Sisters in Crime, Georgia Chapter “

Anne Lovett makes an impressive debut with an appealingly spunky young heroine. Mae Lee has the odds stacked against her in rural Georgia. But she creates her own opportunities for love and growth in order to discover that true love is as rare and precious as rubies.” –Sarah Parsonson, PhD, former Dean, Atlanta Art Institute

“As a fellow member of a writing group, I listened with interest to the development of Rubies in Burma: to the range of imagination behind it and the scary pivots of its plot and the lovely turning of tones in movement and relationship. I am glad to discover that it is now being published. Cheers to Anne Lovett!” –Barbara Knott, award-winning author of two chapbooks of poetry and host of online literary/art journal The Grapevine Art & Soul Salon