Drowning Ruth (2000) (edit title/settings)

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• Ruthie: Amanda's Niece. Imogene's friends. Mathilda's and Carl's daughter. Strange and distant. An outsider until she befriends Imogene. Energetic, restless, and clumsy. Loyal and dedicated to her friendship with Imogene.
• Imogene: Ruth's friend. Smart, funny and popular. Conversational, beautiful, and talented in most things. Graceful and mature.
• Amanda Starkey: Ruth's guardian. Mathilda's sister. Tense, rigid, and exact. She likes things a certain way and loves Ruth with all her heart. She is smart and talented in math and nursing. She is cold and perceived as rough.
• Mr. Carl Neumann: Ruth's father. Mathilda's husband. Simple and unsure. Not meant for farm life, but stays all the same.
• Mathilda: Ruth's mother. Amanda's younger sister. Carl's wife. Reckless, daring, and energetic. She is restless to a fault, and dedicated to Amanda.
• Arthur Owens: Imogene's and Ruth's friend. Kind, sincere and honest. Son of Clement and Theresa Owens.
• Rudy: A farm hand on Amanda's farm. Older and relatively complacent. Does not stick his nose where it doesn't belong, sensible.
• Mary Louise: Worked at the Heinzelman's Bait and Tackle shop; married to George Lindgren; Imogene's mother. Sweet and kind.
• Theresa Owens: Authur, Avis and Maynard's Mother. Cultured and rich. A little snobby, but generally kind; married to Clement Owens;
• Clement Owens: Authur's father. Charismatic, attractive and charming. Full of ideas, full of energy. A little bit of a sneak, and not entirely honest.
• Mathilda. Ruth: Add a description of this character.
• Bobby Hanser: Friend of Arthor Owen;
• Lillian: A business student at Brown's Business School;
• Joe: A man Amanda once loved. Kind.
• Mrs. Lindgren: Mary Louise; married to George Lindgren;
• Marie
• Maynard: Clement Owens older son; brother to Avis and Author;
• Katie
• Bert: The boy who liked to play marbles;
• Mrs. Kessler: Church member; Contributor to the new library; She is on the Red Cross committee; friend of Mrs Jones;
• Mr. Brown: The owner of Browns Business School;
• Zita: A friend to Bobby and Arthor;
• Eliza: A nurse; Amanda's roommate;
• Mrs. Jones: Contributor to the new library; church member; She belongs to the Red Cross committee; friend of Mrs Kessler;
• Tom
• Jessie: A character in a book that Ruth was reading;
• Hattie Jensen: Paster Jensen wife;
• Mr Cyrus Kuhtz: Sheriff; A farmer;
• Ramona Mueller: Post-mastress;
• Trudy: Clement and Theresa's cook;
• Avis: Clement and Theresa Owens daughter; sister to Maynard and Author;

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• Chicago
• France
• St. Michael
• Milwaukee

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• Mental Illness: Describe this theme.

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1. Christina Schwarz (Author)

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• Library of Congress: 2001117400
• Dewey: 813

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary