Drowning Ruth: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)
"POWERFUL . . . SUSPENSEFUL . . . RICHLY TEXTURED . . . [A] CHILLING, PRECOCIOUSLY GOOD START TO A BRIGHT NEW NOVELIST'S CAREER."
-The New York Times
"[A] gripping psychological thriller . . . In the winter of 1919, a young mother named Mathilda Neumann drowns beneath the ice of a rural Wisconsin lake. The shock of her death dramatically changes th...show more
-The New York Times
"[A] gripping psychological thriller . . . In the winter of 1919, a young mother named Mathilda Neumann drowns beneath the ice of a rural Wisconsin lake. The shock of her death dramatically changes th...show more
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I should have liked this more.
This is a perfectly ok book. The writing is quite good. The story is quite good. The characters are interesting but...
Here is where I'm floundering. All the characters fell just thismuch short for me. They were so close to being beautifully flushed out characters but each one was just missing something that would have gotten me there. That some...read more
I should have liked this more.
This is a perfectly ok book. The writing is quite good. The story is quite good. The characters are interesting but...
Here is where I'm floundering. All the characters fell just thismuch short for me. They were so close to being beautifully flushed out characters but each one was just missing something that would have gotten me there. That some...read more
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