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Synopsis
Describes the author's childhood in South Carolina, during which she suffered unspeakable torments, and then recounts her miraculous rebirth into a family of love
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About the Author
“Ruthie Bolton” is a pseudonym. The names of all the people and many of the places in this narrative have also been changed. The author has chosen this method in order to spare her children, her family, and her friends any pain or embarrassment. In every other respect, the words and events of Gal represent the author’s true life.
Josephine Humphreys is the author of Dreams of Sleep, which won the 1985 Hemingway Foundation Award for a first work of fiction; of Rich in Love, made into a major motion picture; and of The Fireman's Fair (all available from Penguin).
Josephine Humphreys is the author of Dreams of Sleep, which won the 1985 Hemingway Foundation Award for a first work of fiction; of Rich in Love, made into a major motion picture; and of The Fireman's Fair (all available from Penguin).
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The pseudonymous Bolton offers an unflinching account of her tragic childhood?she was born to a 13-year-old mother and brought up by an abusive grandfather?and her eventual discovery of love and happiness.
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