POWERFUL . " USA Today".
A VERY SUSPENSEFUL TALE, ONE THAT WILL KEEP READERS UP SHIVERING IN THE NIGHT. . .
ANITA SHREVE Author of "The Pilot s Wife" RIVETING . "Drowning Ruth" is a complex and rewarding debut. "Time" A strong sense of portent and unusually vivid characters distinguish this mesmerizing first novel about horrifying family secrets and nearly annihilating guilt. .
WITH] STRONG CHARACTERS AND A PLOT LONG ON TENSION AND SURPRISES. .
FRANCINE PROSE" Us Weekly" DEFT AND ASSURED .
Schwarz certainly succeeds at keeping the reader engrossed. . . .
Told in the voices of several of the main characters and skipping back and forth in time, the narrative gradually and tantalizingly reveals the dark family secrets and the unsettling discoveries that lead to the tRuth of what actually happened the night of the drowning. . . .
The shock of her death dramatically changes the lives of her daughter, troubled sister, and husband.
In the winter of 1919, a young mother named Mathilda Neumann drowns beneath the ice of a rural Wisconsin lake. . . " The New York Times"A] gripping psychological thriller . .
A] CHILLING, PRECOCIOUSLY GOOD START TO A BRIGHT NEW NOVELIST S CAREER. .
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SUSPENSEFUL . . .
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