Ruth's Journey: A Novel of Mammy from Margaret Mitchell's Gone

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Ruth's Journey: A Novel of Mammy from Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind

â€œExquisitely imagined, deeply researched . . . brings to the foreground the most enigmatic and fascinating figure in Gone with the Wind. This is a brave work of literary empathy by a writer at the height of his powers, who demonstrates a magisterial understanding of the period, its clashing cultures, and its heartbreaking crises. â€ â€”Geraldine Brooks, author of March

The only authorized prequel to Margaret Mitchellâ€™s Gone with the Windâ€”the unforgettable story of Mammy. On a Caribbean island consumed by the flames of revolution, an infant girl falls under the care of two French Ã©migrÃ©s, Henri and Solange Fournier, who take the beautiful child they call Ruth to the bustling American city of Savannah.

What follows is the sweeping tale of Ruthâ€™s life as shaped first by her strong-willed mistress, and then by Solangeâ€™s daughter Ellen and Gerald Oâ€™Hara, the rough Irishman Ellen chooses to marry; the Butler family of Charleston and their unexpected connection to Mammy Ruth; and finally Scarlett Oâ€™Haraâ€”the irrepressible Southern belle Mammy raises from birth. As we witness the lives of three generations of women, gifted storyteller Donald McCaig reveals a nuanced portrait of Mammy, at once a proud woman and a captive, a strict disciplinarian who has never experienced freedom herself. Through it all, Mammy endures, a rock in the river of time.

Set against the backdrop of the South from the 1820s until the dawn of the Civil War, here is a remarkable story of fortitude, heartbreak, and indomitable willâ€”and a tale that will forever illuminate your reading of Margaret Mitchellâ€™s Gone with the Wind.
Country USA
Brand Atria Books
Manufacturer Atria Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 1451643543-localization
ReleaseDate 2015-08-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451643541

Country	USA
Brand	Atria Books
Manufacturer	Atria Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	1451643543-localization
ReleaseDate	2015-08-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451643541

Ruth's Journey: A Novel of Mammy from Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind

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