Drowning Ruth--Bookring
2 journalers for this copy...
This is going to travel as a bookring since I haven't had time to read it yet. It's an Oprah's Book Club book. Here's a description:
A wonderfully constructed gothic suspense novel set on a stark Wisconsin farm in 1919. The story goes backward and forward in time and is told by Amanda, her niece Ruth, and an omniscient narrator. The ties that bind the two women are as fragile as they are fierce and have their origin in the relationship of two sisters, Amanda and her sister Mattie, Ruth's mother. The narrative begins with Amanda as she recounts her childhood and the responsibility she came to feel for her younger sister and the parents who favored her younger sibling. Amanda finally wrests herself away from home to become a nurse, but her independence is short-lived. Overwhelmed and sickened by the care of the wounded, and heartsick over the love of a married man, she suffers a nervous breakdown and seeks solace by returning to the farm to help Mattie care for her tiny daughter as they await the return of Mattie's husband from World War I. But tragedy follows with Mattie's mysterious drowning during a winter blizzard and guilty lies soon engulf Amanda and threaten to change the lives of several others in the small rural community. A compelling complex tale of psychological mystery and maddeningly destructive provincial attitudes.
PM me if you are interested in joining the bookring.
A wonderfully constructed gothic suspense novel set on a stark Wisconsin farm in 1919. The story goes backward and forward in time and is told by Amanda, her niece Ruth, and an omniscient narrator. The ties that bind the two women are as fragile as they are fierce and have their origin in the relationship of two sisters, Amanda and her sister Mattie, Ruth's mother. The narrative begins with Amanda as she recounts her childhood and the responsibility she came to feel for her younger sister and the parents who favored her younger sibling. Amanda finally wrests herself away from home to become a nurse, but her independence is short-lived. Overwhelmed and sickened by the care of the wounded, and heartsick over the love of a married man, she suffers a nervous breakdown and seeks solace by returning to the farm to help Mattie care for her tiny daughter as they await the return of Mattie's husband from World War I. But tragedy follows with Mattie's mysterious drowning during a winter blizzard and guilty lies soon engulf Amanda and threaten to change the lives of several others in the small rural community. A compelling complex tale of psychological mystery and maddeningly destructive provincial attitudes.
PM me if you are interested in joining the bookring.
Here's the final mailing order for this bookring:
Drowning Ruth Bookring
1. MClaraM—Portugal
2. hathyia—Malaysia
3. starbytes—Malaysia
4. itsmejudy--Australia
5. Hawkette—Australia
6. arugh48187—Minnesota, U.S.
7. tsmith51632—Iowa, U.S.
8. reader1212—Washington, U.S.
9. butlin—New Hampshire, U.S.
10. readinme—Maine, U.S.
11. andersor—California, U.S.
12. kymberlie—Texas, U.S.
13. and back to me! magicwritinggal—Arkansas, U.S.
Once you get the book, send a PM to the next person on the list for their address. Journal when you receive and send it, and any other thoughts or such you'd like.
Please write your username and city and state or country somewhere on the inside cover. Stamps, postcards, etc. are also great, but not required.
I hope you all enjoy this book! I'm looking forward to reading it once it's bounced around the world a bit. Let me know how it is.
Drowning Ruth Bookring
1. MClaraM—Portugal
2. hathyia—Malaysia
3. starbytes—Malaysia
4. itsmejudy--Australia
5. Hawkette—Australia
6. arugh48187—Minnesota, U.S.
7. tsmith51632—Iowa, U.S.
8. reader1212—Washington, U.S.
9. butlin—New Hampshire, U.S.
10. readinme—Maine, U.S.
11. andersor—California, U.S.
12. kymberlie—Texas, U.S.
13. and back to me! magicwritinggal—Arkansas, U.S.
Once you get the book, send a PM to the next person on the list for their address. Journal when you receive and send it, and any other thoughts or such you'd like.
Please write your username and city and state or country somewhere on the inside cover. Stamps, postcards, etc. are also great, but not required.
I hope you all enjoy this book! I'm looking forward to reading it once it's bounced around the world a bit. Let me know how it is.
Journal Entry 3 by magicwritinggal at please use CONTROLLED RELEASES country -- thanks! in Little Rock, Arkansas USA on Monday, October 20, 2003
Released on Friday, October 17, 2003 at traded to a bookcrosser in Little Rock, Arkansas USA.
Started bookring! Sent to MClaraM in Portugal. Postage wasn't bad at all, though it may take a few weeks to get there.
Started bookring! Sent to MClaraM in Portugal. Postage wasn't bad at all, though it may take a few weeks to get there.
It just got to my hands....
I've only skimed through but I know I'll like it!
You'll be hearing from my soon.
Thanx
MclaraM
I've only skimed through but I know I'll like it!
You'll be hearing from my soon.
Thanx
MclaraM
Loved it! I only have to say how sorry I am for taking so long to journal this book. But I really liked Christina Schwarz narrative stile and the way she encreases the "pathos", and the way she reveals the truth of Ruth's story!
Travelling to the next crosser.
Thanx.
Travelling to the next crosser.
Thanx.
