Ruthie's Gift
Ruthie's Gift

Author: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780385325257

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Set in a small Indiana farming community at the start of World War I, this is the heartwarming and gently humorous story of Ruthie, an 8-year-old tomboy who develops a stronger sense of self and selflessness during a particularly dramatic year in her life: the year her sixth brother is born, the year she makes her first friends (twin girls), the year she almost dies of pneumonia, the year the war takes one of her brothers from her. Rich in setting and brimming with lovable characters, Ruthie's Gift is a thoroughly satisfying story of family and identity.

Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie
Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie

Author: Laura Rankin

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2007-07-01

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1599900106

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Ruthie loves tiny things and when she finds a tiny camera on the playground she is very happy, but after she lies and says the camera belongs to her, nothing seems to go right. 25,000 first printing.

Yiddish Yoga
Yiddish Yoga

Author: Lisa Grunberger

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-08-21

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1557049084

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Meet Ruthie: a recently widowed New York City Jewish grandmother who doesn't necessarily come to yoga with the most open of minds. But when her granddaughter Stephanie gives her a year of yoga classes as a gift ("I think it will help you grieve, Bubby"), she doesn't want to risk offending her. At first, Ruthie is skeptical of yoga and its promise of renewal, healing, and transformation ("You know what's wrong with yoga? They haven't mastered the art of kvetching!"). She can't resist poking fun at some of the new words and rituals she encounters, translating the exotic language of Yoga into the more familiar idiom of her native Yiddish culture. As Ruthie's journey progresses from week to week, she forges new paths, new postures, and unexpected friendships, slowly overcoming her grief. Yiddish Yoga is a poignant, witty, and human story of love in its many expressions—between grandmother and granddaughter, between an older woman and her younger yoga teacher, between a widow and her beloved husband of fifty years. As Ruthie learns to let go of the past without forgetting, she shows us how to embrace the present with new vigor, strength, and courage—and, above all, makes us laugh.

Lucky Broken Girl
Lucky Broken Girl

Author: Ruth Behar

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-04-11

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0399546464

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Winner of the 2018 Pura Belpre Award! “A book for anyone mending from childhood wounds.”—Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street In this unforgettable multicultural coming-of-age narrative—based on the author’s childhood in the 1960s—a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to her new life in New York City when her American dream is suddenly derailed. Ruthie’s plight will intrigue readers, and her powerful story of strength and resilience, full of color, light, and poignancy, will stay with them for a long time. Ruthie Mizrahi and her family recently emigrated from Castro’s Cuba to New York City. Just when she’s finally beginning to gain confidence in her mastery of English—and enjoying her reign as her neighborhood’s hopscotch queen—a horrific car accident leaves her in a body cast and confined her to her bed for a long recovery. As Ruthie’s world shrinks because of her inability to move, her powers of observation and her heart grow larger and she comes to understand how fragile life is, how vulnerable we all are as human beings, and how friends, neighbors, and the power of the arts can sweeten even the worst of times.

Yiddish Yoga
Yiddish Yoga

Author: Lisa Grunberger

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-10

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 145875748X

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Meet Ruthie: a recently widowed New York City Jewish grandmother who doesn't necessarily come to yoga with the most open of minds. But when her granddaughter Stephanie gives her a year of yoga classes as a gift (''I think it will help you grieve, Bubby''), she doesn't want to risk offending her. At first, Ruthie is skeptical of yoga and its promise of renewal, healing, and transformation (''You know what's wrong with yoga? They haven't mastered the art of kvetching!''). She can't resist poking fun at some of the new words and rituals she encounters, translating the exotic language of Yoga into the more familiar idiom of her native Yiddish culture. As Ruthie's journey progresses from week to week, she forges new paths, new postures, and unexpected friendships, slowly overcoming her grief. Yiddish Yoga is a poignant, witty, and human story of love in its many expressions - between grandmother and granddaughter, between an older woman and her younger yoga teacher, between a widow and her beloved husband of fifty years. As Ruthie learns to let go of her past without forgetting, she shows us how to embrace the present with new vigor, strength, and courage - and above all, makes us laugh.

Grace & Favor: From Prison to Paid Vol. I
Grace & Favor: From Prison to Paid Vol. I

Author: Letitia Scott-Jackson

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-09-29

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 0359948227

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LISTEN! I came into this world on May 14, 1970. Born to the late Reverend Norvell Scott and Beatrice Scott. My father was an A.M.E. Pastor and my mother was your typical pastor's wife. The First Lady as some would have it. My daddy was very strict. He was a tall, fair complected man who always said what he meant and meant what he said. My momma was quiet, and a petite woman with an humble spirit., whom everyone admired, yet she didn't play at all; she would hit you with whatever she could get herb hands on. To those of you reading this, I just thought about something. If I told you all about me right now, you wouldn't have to read my book. So guess what? I am stopping right here. "READ THE BOOK!"

Black on White
Black on White

Author: Howard Losness

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2013-01-31

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1475973004

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Walter Wentworth, CEO and President of Wentworth Steel has just married a gorgeous, intelligent, successful business woman, a person he knew nothing about her background. A check into her past by his attorney reveals the same woman, by another name, an escaped felon, wanted in Germany to face charges of homicide!