Title: Remarkable
Product review: What a great first novel! It's really a mystery, one that unfolds in the most interesting way. It's like the movie Memento, or the India wedding trip episode of Seinfeld. You start out knowing the end result: someone's drowned--but someone named Ruth is alive in the book--and you won't find out how it plays out until the very end. I loved the setting, and found the austere writing tone really appropriate to the time period. I am from the midwest, and found the author was spot on in describing the seasons and weather and how lives play out according to it. I really enjoy how the author tangles up the lives of the characters, and this is a remarkable first effort. If Schwarz keeps this up, she'll be the American answer to Margaret Atwood.
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