Title: A wonderful debut!
Product review: I don't believe I have every read a first novel that has been nearly as impressive as Shwarz's Drowning Ruth. It is a story about love, family, children and making something out of unbearable circumstances. The characters are numerous and well-developed. The story is captivating and suspenseful - the reader only finding out in bits and pieces what has actually happened as Schwarz swiftly switches between the past and the present. I would liken her writing to Anita Shreve if anyone; fun and interesting yet inundated by deep issues of morality, shame and love. Finished easily in a few days, I anxiously await her next work.
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