Mathilda is devastated and angry at his departure and decides to move back to the mainland and into the old house of her late parents.Īmanda begins to feel agitated and upset. A short time later, however, Carl begins to feel trapped, enlists in the army and is sent away to France. They are happy there, and welcome their child, Ruth, into the world. Meanwhile, Mathilda and Carl are married and living together on a small island near the family farm.
When Mathilda marries Carl, Amanda feels betrayed and leaves to go to nursing school. While Mathilda is petite, well-liked, pretty, and adventurous, Amanda is tall, clumsy, awkward, and serious. ( May 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īmanda and Mathilda are two sisters who live in rural Wisconsin. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. Pregnancy/Child rearing - Yes Major part of story: - giving up children Coping with loss of loved one(s) - Yes Loss of.This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Carl returns from the war to find his life as he had known it changed completely, with Amanda taking an overly protective, yet motherly role over Ruth and caring for him and his needs because he had been shot through his leg and made little effort to care for his grieving self.Ĭlick here to see the rest of this reviewĬlick on a plot link to find similar books! Plot & Themes Tone of book? - thoughtfulįamily, struggle with - Yes Struggle with: - Aunt Family, loving relations - Yes Special relationship with - aunt Internal struggle/realization? - Yes Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Mattie is soon found drowned and frozen in the lake surrounding her fairy-tale house she had shared with her devastated family. Amanda Starkey, a young nurse, found she was not emotionally invested enough to care for her patients properly and decided to come home to her sister, Mathilda Neumann and her 3 year old baby girl, Ruth because they had been left alone upon her husband, Carl's joining the military and going to war. The novel takes place in 1919 in a small town at Lake Nagawaukee in Wisconsin, which is coincidentally where Christina Schwarz grew up.
Drowning Ruth is a novel written about the affects of keeping a deep, dark secret on the structure of a family and how this secret can cause lives to deteriorate and people to lose their minds.
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