Tuesday, June 17, 2008

My Review of Ruby Among Us by Tina Ann Forkner



About the book:

Lucy DiCamillo is safely surrounded by her books, music, and art-but none of these reclusive comforts or even the protective efforts of her grandmother, Kitty, can shield her thoughts from the mother she can barely recall. Lucy senses her grandmother holds the key, but Kitty seems as eager to hide the past as Lucy is eager to find it. 
From the streets of San Francisco and Sacramento to the lush vineyards of the Sonoma Valley, Lucy follows the thread of memory in search of a heritage that seems long-buried with her mother, Ruby. 
What she finds is as enigmatic and stirring as it is startling in this redemptive tale about the power of faith and mother-daughter love.





















My Thoughts:

This book captured me right from the beginning, and didn’t let me go. Ms. Forkner was able to write about a very deep and emotional subject, yet keep the reader coming back to read more. She does this by keeping the background about Lucy a mystery.
Being an adopted child I could really identify with Lucy and her need to know about her Mother, and her Father. I loved how Forkner expressed feelings that were real. I experienced those feelings as a girl growing up. While I have wonderful parents it was the heritage I was desperate to know and learn about. I located my birth-mother in the early 90’s and while I learned some important facts, the reunion was not at all what I had imagined in my mind over my growing up years.
I have a really wonderful relationship with my father, and reading this book and seeing how Lucy growing up without that Father figure really opened my eyes to how it not only is a detriment in the way of male and female love, but the main love which is between us and our Heavenly Father. The true and perfect love. Without a father, how would a child even begin to understand the love from our Heavenly Father.
At first I thought this was a great book for mothers, daughters, granddaughters, and grandmothers. After reading it, I have changed my mind. This book is also great for fathers and daughters. It reaches the entire realm of the family. Ms. Forkner has swung and hit a home run here, and I can’t wait to see what she coming next.

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