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Paradise Summary & Study Guide Description
Paradise Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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Paradise Plot Summary
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The story opens with the massacre of a group of women living in a place called the Convent. The murderers are all men of the nearby town of Ruby, named for Ruby Best who was the first of the town's inhabitants to die. Ruby, the town, was founded by a group of black families who were seeking to create something of a utopian society. Among those founders are Steward and Deacon Morgan who are also the owners of the bank and among the wealthiest and most powerful families in town. The Morgans have a nephew named Coffee who is called "K.D." - or "Kentucky Derby," because he won a race as a very young boy early in the town's history.
K.D. has sex with a young girl named Arnette Fleetwood who becomes pregnant. Steward and Deacon make arrangements with Arnette's family to provide financial support and Arnette, in return,...
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