... society, including the Christian church, the world of business, profit and loss, criminal law, the geriatric institution, the family home, and (especially) in the bedroom. This book has been called a black comedy, but it is also a very sad meditation on facing one's lot in life, and coming to grips with a capricious fate that lavishly rewards some while cruelly withholding from others ... disadvantage than the average woman, being much uglier than the usual woman. Ruth's antagonist is a pretty blonde named Mary Fisher, a shallow woman whose own mother describes her as a little she-cat o...

• Word Count: 3413
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School