Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz is a chilling, haunting debut about the ties that bind families together and thesecrets that can tear them apart. The main characters, Amanda Starkey and Ruth Neumann were brilliant in their escalating encouters. Both experiencing love, hate, life and death; holding on to each ither in their own way and determined to keep those whom they love close. THe novel portrays two sisters. Amanda and Mathilda Starkey, whose lives were …showed first 75 words of 802 total…

…showed last 75 words of 802 total…later informed her that he was currently married, and that hse ould have to understand. The only way Amanda thought would resolve her problems was to run away from them. few months later, Amanda became ill and was unable to perform her duties at the hospital. She forgot patient's names and passed out many times;sometimes even on the patient's chest. So her supervisor insisted that she take a break. Once again Amanda returned home.