Broken Ground: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (555 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1476794839 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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I loved discovering the many layers of Ruth and the world Cal I read Broken Ground shortly after my Mom died and it immediately became a close companion and ally to my grief and quiet pain. Ruth's pensive spirit mirrored parts of mine and I found my soul leaning into hers as if we were suddenly journeying together. I loved discovering the many layers of Ruth and the world around her that fed her comfort, hope, and moments that could only be explained by Mystery and Love. Ruth's beautiful mind taught me things through metaphors and moments and I found her need to understand and grow magnetic. As Ruth's journey unfolded I continued to align with her spirit and felt the highs and lows of. Timely and Important Reading Broken Ground was like climbing onto a smooth-moving train as it carried me through a journey of time, people and places. In both Broken Ground and in her previous novel, Sing for Me, Halvorsen Schreck demonstrates her gift of crafting emotionally complex characters who work to navigate societies’ roadblocks. As a reader I felt the rise and fall of emotions along with Broken Ground’s central characters. Ruth Warren and Thomas Everly are each outsiders in their own ways: it’s the 1930s and neither the young, newly widowed Ruth nor Thomas who loved a woman named Lupita, fit in. Both are in search of . "I picked up Broken Ground because I thoroughly enjoyed Schreck's last novel" according to Lisa Notter. I picked up Broken Ground because I thoroughly enjoyed Schreck's last novel, Sing for Me, which was set in Chicago, and I was interested in how she would transport me to Texas and California in the I picked up Broken Ground because I thoroughly enjoyed Schreck's last novel I picked up Broken Ground because I thoroughly enjoyed Schreck's last novel, Sing for Me, which was set in Chicago, and I was interested in how she would transport me to Texas and California in the 30s. I kept reading because Ruth's story kept twisting and turning, and I wanted to see what she would face next in life. And during it all, I became better educated about a topic that I knew nothing about, the forced "repatriation" (such a strange word) of farm immigrants, many of whom were here legally. It amazed me that this could be such a hidden story in our history, even with immigration being such a hot topic today. I've r. 0s. I kept reading because Ruth's story kept twisting and turning, and I wanted to see what she would face next in life. And during it all, I became better educated about a topic that I knew nothing about, the forced "repatriation" (such a strange word) of farm immigrants, many of whom were here legally. It amazed me that this could be such a hidden story in our history, even with immigration being such a hot topic today. I've r
. A freelance writer and frequent visiting professor of English at Wheaton College, Karen lives with her husband and two children in Wheaton, Illinois. She received her doctorate in English and Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Karen Halvorsen Schreck is the author of three previous novels, Sing for Me, Dream Journal, and While He Was Away. Her short stories and articles have appeared in Literal Latté,
Ruth is devastated, but then gets a chance for a fresh start: a scholarship from a college in Pasadena, CA. Ruth begins to work with the children, and establishes deep friendships with people in the camp. When a young oil rig widow escapes her grief and the Texas Dust Bowl, she discovers a surprising future—and new passion—awaiting her in California in this lyrically written romance by the author of Sing for Me.Newly married to her childhood sweetheart, twenty-one-year-old Ruth Warren is settling into life in a Depression-era, East Texas oil town. She’s making a home when she learns that her young husband, Charlie, has been killed in an oil rig accident. With Thomas, Ruth sees another side of town, and another side of current events: the numerous forced deportations without due process of Mexicans, along with United States citizens of Mexican descent.After Ruth is forced to leave school, she goes to visit Thomas and sees that he has cobbled together a night school for the farmworkers’ children. Ruth decides to take a risk and travel west, to pursue her one remaining dream to become a teacher.At college Ruth tries to fit into campus life, but her grief holds her back. When she spends Christmas with some old family friends, she meets the striking and compelling Thomas
Schreck reveals a little-known chapter in U.S. Agent: Sandra Bishop, Transatlantic Agency. Ruth and Charlie Warren are happy newlyweds in the Depression-era East Texas oil fields until Charlie's unexpected death in a freak oil rig accident. Her time there is cut short after she loses her scholarship, so Ruth moves to Kirk Camp, a barrio for Mexican farm workers who flock to the U.S. relations with our Mexican neighbors, some of it inspiring and much of it shocking. Ruth's heart begins to heal as her affection grows for her host, Silvia Morales; the camp children she teaches; and her new friend, Thomas Everly. history will discover much to enjoy in Schreck's well-written, lyric novel. Readers will love Ruth's stamina and heart, and come away with a new understanding of immigrant experiences both then and now. Rather