The Book Of Ruth
Author: Jane Hamilton
Pegged as the loser in a small-town family that doesn’t have much going for it in the first place, Ruth grows up (unlovely and unloved) in the shadow of her mean and brilliant brother, Matt, trying to hold her own in a world of poverty and hard edges. The little happiness she finds is in reading the books on tape for old, blind Miss Finch and in the letters she receives fr….Read More
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