Saving Ruth

A wonderful coming-of-age novel from Zoe Fishman author of <em>Balancing Acts</em> <em>Saving Ruth</em> tells the story of a fish-out-of-water young Jewish woman returning to her Alabama hometown after a semester at a Yankee college only to discover that life--and she herself--haven't really changed in the ways she'd hoped. Southern fiction with a pungent twist <em>Saving Ruth</em> is a wonderfully evocative delightfully engaging tale that nonetheless seriously addresses provocative issues like anorexia family dynamics and the racial and ethnic tensions of the Deep South.<br />