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|title=Ruth
|author=Marlene S Lewis
|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=YesA well-thought-out story which goes beyond the usual 'bad girl makes good' story line and brings Australia and Papua New Guinea in the fifties and sixties to life. An enjoyable and recommended read.
|rating=4
|buy=A well-thought-out story which goes beyond the usual 'bad girl makes good' story line and brings Australia and Papua New Guinea in the fifties and sixties to life. An enjoyable and recommended read.Yes
|borrow=Yes
|pages=336
|publisher=Matador
|website=http://www.marlenelewisbooks.com/
|video=cEJ8iQD9Nnw
|amazonukcover=<amazonuk>1848766238</amazonuk>|amazonusaznuk=1848766238|aznus=<amazonus>1848766238</amazonus>
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Ruth pulled me into the book. She's determined, completely lacking in self-pity and she lives in the mind long after you've finished the book. Some of the lesser characters don't come off the page quite so strongly and I did struggle with one or two to distinguish them one from the other. It's a minor quibble though in an otherwise very good read and I'd like to thank the author for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
For a travel book which samples this part of the world we can recommend [[Wanderlust by Elisabeth Eaves]]. For a book about small-town Australia , you might like to try [[Nights in the Asylum by Carol Lefevre]], but we did find it rather disappointing. We did enjoy [[The Good Mother by Kim Lock]] and [[The Art of the Engine Driver by Steven Carroll]].
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[[Category:Women's Fiction]]
