Finding Ruth: A Daughter’s Quest to Discover Her Mother’s Past by Cynthia Hamilton – Review by Tausha Treadway

Finding Ruth by Cynthia Hamilton
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Finding Ruth: A Daughter’s Quest to Discover Her Mother’s Past by Cynthia Hamilton. This is such a beautiful loving story of a Daughter’s love for her Mother. This is the story of Ruth who is getting ready to move to a skilled nursing facility due to her having Alzheimer’s. Cynthia her daughter realizes she doesn’t really know much about her mom’s life before her so she tries to piece it all together thru pictures, letters, public records and her own memories. What she finds is an amazing women who was strong, attractive, loved the arts and life itself. Having several difficult relationships and none of them working out she is left bitter and lonely. She raised her children and loved them as she could but was always searching for love for herself. Finally towards the end of her life at the age of 86 after being self sufficient all her life she is now in the throws of a horrible disease. This is a powerfully, beautiful story of a mother and daughters love and life.

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