Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Drowning Ruth, by Christina Schwarz

Chapter 1:

Ruth remembered drowning.
"That's impossible," Aunt Amanda said. "It must have been a dream."
But Ruth maintained that she had drowned, insisted on it for years, even after she should have known better.....

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Amanda comes home after years of caring for wounded soldiers. She lives with her sister Mathilda and her neice Ruth. When Mathilda suddenly dies, Amanda is left to care for Ruth, Mathilda's husband --barely home from war--, and to hide the secret about Mathilda's death.

The story is weaved through the years and characters, just keeping the truth out of sight in this captivating and chilling tale of the things love can drive a person to do for their family.

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