Finding Ruth (Coming Home to Brewster)

Plot

In her second book in the Coming Home to Brewster series, the author of After Anne offers a well-told if predictable modern parable of the biblical prodigal for evangelical Christian readers. Brewster, N. Dak., is a quaint small town that Ruthie Hammond has spent almost two decades trying to escape. Through flashbacks, the reader learns that Ruthie's longings to get away caused her to refuse a proposal years ago from her high school sweetheart, Paul Bennett. Years later, she's still in Brewster, scrabbling to keep a small radio station afloat and wondering if she'll ever find her dream. Ruthie's live-in lover, deejay Jack Warner-"the Musicman"--Shares a stake in the radio station, but his penchant for gambling and alcohol jeopardizes their relationship. When Ruthie's old boyfriend, Paul, now a widower, returns to Brewster to head up the town's small bank, the ending is a foregone conclusion.