Winner announced HERE!
I read Saving Ruth in two sittings, which I RARELY do. It is
so well-written, so fluid. You know how some books, there are parts that are
thrown in that are unrealistic but you buy into it for the sake of the book?
None of that is in Saving Ruth. It's just a great story, so believable, so
relatable, with wonderfully flawed people. I wanted to be there, spending time
with Ruth during that hot summer in Alabama with her best friends, her
smothering parents, and the hot guy Chris who was suddenly interested in her.
Heck I wanted to be her, experiencing her summer, and having those feelings all
over again.
Ruth comes home from her freshman year in college having
lost 35 pounds and feeling like a new person. Her brother, David is back too,
but he’s sullen and moody. Ruth is experiencing attention like she’s never had
before, and everyone is calling her skinny, a word she’s never heard before.
Her crush, Chris, is taking notice, David’s closest friend. David and Ruth have
always been lifeguards and coaches at the neighborhood pool. Now there are
secrets David’s keeping, their parents are dealing with the return of their two
children from college, and Ruth is struggling with her eating problems (the
problem being that she’s not eating).
A near-drowning at the pool occurs and the events that
transpire afterward put the whole story into motion – Saving Ruth deals with
issues of eating disorders, depression, racial indifferences, marriage
problems, sibling rivalry, and family relationships.
I loved this story so much because it reminded me of being
that age again, of having feelings of being free, but still being under the eye
of your parents, and of finally having attention from boys and of trying
desperately to feel like a woman in my own skin. Zoe Fishman took me right back
to my 19-year-old self and it felt wonderful to be there, to revisit those
feelings, no matter how tumultuous those feelings were at the time.
To win Saving Ruth tell me about the best summer in your life. Mine was definitely the summer before I turned 20 when I was working at a swim/tennis club and dating lifeguards (yes, plural, but there was one I was particularly in lust with!), and this book took me right back there!
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Remember,
MaNiC MoMMy is aiming to feature great books each and
every week this year, and you’ll have a chance to win those
books as well! Please stop by often AND MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE PREVIOUS POSTS as I’m now posting new books more than once a week! Open to US/Canada residents only, and thanks to all the participating authors and publicists for providing the books.
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