Ruth’s whole life she has been surrounded by negativity in her mother who adores her math prodigy brother Matt while she struggles with her own studies. She marries a slightly disturbed slacker Ruby and they move in with her mother May to form a dysfunctional family that only appears to work from the outside. When giving cookies to her son sparks an argument that will change all their lives, Ruth learns how hard being a survivor can be...
Ruth and Naomi
RUTH AND NAOMI have long enjoyed favored status in Jewish and Christian tradition. Ruth is often portrayed as a paragon of virtue and a model for religious conversion. However, feminist...
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Ruth
fl. c. 700s B.C.
Moabite woman who married a Judaean living in Moab. After her husband died, Ruth traveled to Judea with her mother-in-law. She subsequently married another Judaean and became the...
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Ruth and Naomi
Ruth