{"product_id":"ruthie-9781943307227","title":"Ruthie","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the first day of 1930, a young single woman from Iowa took the train to Denver for a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ejob as a church schoolteacher. Each day for six months, Ruthie recorded her life in a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMilestone diary - capturing the sweet spot in Denver history between the Stock Market\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecrash and the Great Depression. This book is a work of historical fiction weaving\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etogether factual diary entries with the fictional story of love, lies, deception and murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Denver, Ruthie waits every day for another letter from Walter, the farmer boyfriend\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshe left behind, who pleads for her return. She becomes friends with Rose, an aging\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eflapper; is pursued by investigative reporter Buckshot; falls under the influence of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emanipulative school principal Mr. Keul; becomes a reclamation project of society woman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMrs. Press; and attempts to tame Mary Helen, her most stubborn student.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a novice teacher, Ruthie deals with self-doubt, homesickness, and temptations. She\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estruggles with an anger inherited from her alcoholic father and critical mother. On the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edark streets of Denver, she carries a straight razor and a revulsion for the skid row\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebums who remind her of her father. In Denver, nothing is what it seems. Most of all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuthie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fifth Estate Media LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943307227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Jeff Kunerth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53024858079413,"sku":"9781943307227","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781943307227.jpg?v=1787668048","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ruthie-9781943307227","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}