Rise! A Girl's Struggle for More - Dyslexia friendly edition

Rise! A Girls Struggle for More is an old-fashioned historical family drama-a sweet yet edgy coming of age story. Set in the 1920s it is based on the life of the authors grandmother.The main character Ruby Pearl is mature beyond her years born at least a decade too soon. Growing up in a family of nine children in Oilton Oklahoma with her nose constantly in a book shes the girl who would rather read than can tomatoes.Ruby studies hard to make good grades while her parents humor her. They encourage the courtship with her beau Arthur who they expect will be their son-in-law when the two graduate from high school. Ruby has loftier goals than that. She admires her momma and big sister Rilla the CEOs of the household and hopes to have children and a home of her own to manage someday but first things first!Rubys story unfolds amidst the backdrop of a horse and buggy town welcoming its first motor cars. She becomes a pioneer for girls her age following the inspiration of the suffrage movement breaking all norms defying tradition-and her parents-to become a truly independent woman.