I'm glad we had to read this book. I think it has a lot of good life lessons. It defininetely taught me to appreciate what I have. I really liked Mr. Hunter and I hated it when he had a stroke. Just when the family thought believed he would be there for them he lost most of the function in his body. I don't know how Ruth keeps it together I probably would've stoped trying a long time ago but I think she does most of the things she does to keep her children happy. She's selfless. I admire her for still keeping faith when God had taken so many people away from her but she knows everything happens for a reason. I'm glad she finally ran away from home. If it were me, I would've been out of that place a long time ago.
I felt so bad for Ruth, the only picture she has of her mother is a passport but i guess it's better than nothing. I couldn't imagine a family actually kicking one of the children out that just doesn't make sense to me. This book definately shows me how spoiled I am. I love that song about the bird that Ruth and her mom sang. It gave her something to remember her mom by and pass on to her children. The big picture in this book was the concept of everyone being the same. Everyone being the color of water so that no one was looked down upon. Even though this would be great it's not realistic in the community they lived in and not even today so somehow everyone had to find a way to deal with it whether that be to form organizations against it or just ignore it and stay neutral to the whole subject.
