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Drowning Ruth

Drowning Ruth

by Christina Schwarz

World War, 1914-1918Psychological aspects of World War, 1914-1918Drowning victimsFictionOpen Library Staff Picks
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Worn out from nursing soldiers at a Milwaukee hospital and struggling to recover from a traumatic love affair, Amanda Starkey returns to her family's rural Wisconsin farm to stay with her beloved sister, Mattie, and young niece, Ruth.

Themes & subjects

World War, 1914-1918Psychological aspects of World War, 1914-1918Drowning victimsFictionOpen Library Staff PicksHistorical fiction

Setting

United StatesWisconsin

About the author

Christina Schwarz

19 August 1962

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Author

Christina Schwarz

Pages

352

Read time

≈ 9h

Editions

12

Language

English

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ISBN

9780345460356

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