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Regarding Ruth (The Ruth Chernock Series Book 1) by [Kim Scott]

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This is an excerpt from Book 1 in the Ruth Chernock Series

“Ruth!”
“Yes, good Reverend?” she asked, looking up at him from the straw mattress on the cold stone floor.
“You have been judged guilty of your crimes and you shall be hung by your wretched neck until you are dead.”
“Have you no mercy for me Reverend Jensen?”
“Woman I have none. Pray God that He might find some before this week is done. I shall see you hung on Saturday next.”
“Peter Jensen are you so pure of heart that you might judge me?”
“You will not test me woman!”
With that Reverend Jensen slammed the cell door closed and with a tick of the key in the iron box he locked it securely. His retreating footsteps echoed through the long hall, ending as the heavy front door slammed behind him. She knew that he would not return again until Saturday, when he would watch, with satisfaction, as she swung from the gallows.

In 1764, beautiful, young, Ruth Chernock was hung from the gallows at East Grantham, Maine. More than 200 years later her family speculated regarding the fate of their ancestor. Could she really have been guilty of such heinous crimes?
After digging through the attic and historical records of the old family home, the truth is gradually uncovered. Shocking family secrets are disclosed and at last the family learns the truth of it all.
This is a remarkable story of love, tragedy, betrayal and murder. The four books of the Ruth Chernock Series follow the family through the decades and generations. An incredible tale you will never forget!
The following books in the series are In Ruth's Memory, On Grace's Shoulders and Pink Sky & Mourning

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Kim Scott was born in Charleston, South Carolinaand grew up in Scarborough, Maine. She presently resides in Southern Maine. Sheis the author of The Ruth Chernock Series (Regarding Ruth, In Ruth's Memory, OnGrace's Shoulders and Pink Sky & Mourning) and The Manning Family Series(What Happened to Alex Manning? and Shuttering the Manning House).

In 2015 & 2016 Ms. Scott plans to release'The Purple Mist', 'A Solitary Grave in the Maine Woods', 'Plummeting' and'Forgive Me Mattie'.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0089Y77C8
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 7, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 848 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 298 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #3,474,150 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #57,177 in Historical Romance (Kindle Store)
- #86,010 in Historical Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #119,916 in Historical Romances

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Kim Scott was born in South Carolina and grew up in Scarborough, Maine. She currently lives near the coast in Southern Maine. Her pen name used for Ghost Stories is Lydia North.

Ms. Scott is the author of:

The Ruth Chernock Series

1.Regarding Ruth, 2. In Ruth's Memory, 3. On Grace's Shoulders & 4. Pink Sky

& Mourning

The Manning Family Series

1. What Happened to Alex Manning?, 2. Shuttering the Manning House

The Spirits of Maine Series (Pen Name Lydia North)

1. Waiting for Harvey, 2. Lilies in the Clearing, 3. The Talking Walls, & 4. A Solitary Grave in the Maine Woods 5. Mourning Spirits 6. Before They Buried Thom Sloan 7. The Secret of Camrose Maine

The Purple Mist

Coming Soon: 'The Murder at Bridgend Pond' inspired by an actual murder in 1850s Scarborough, Maine

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Facebook: at https://www.facebook.com/MaineAuthorKimScott/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KimScottAuthor

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musicmommaSue

An eye opener for a book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 7, 2012

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I got this book as a free book from Amazon. I thought I would take a chance on it and I am very glad I did. It was well written and the story flowed easily.

The book is set in the mid 1700's and is about a small community during a time when fathers decided the man their daughters would marry. Women basically had no rights and were expected to cook, clean and have babies and raise them. Babies were born with the help of midwives and many women and children died during childbirth.

The story is mainly about Ruth and her life from the age of 15 or 16. The other characters in the book are well developed also and essential to the story.

I am starting the second book in the series and am glad to hear the next book is coming out next month. There will be four books in the series. That is a good number of books--not too long and not too short.

People will enjoy this book.

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Abinormyl

Wonderful Read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 8, 2013

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Regarding Ruth starts out with the story of Ruth being hung. One of her descendents resarched the reason that Ruth was hung and if she deserved it or not. This is the story of Ruth from the time she was 15 to the time she was hung at 23.

I loved this book. It kept my attention and I had hard time putting it down. There were times I felt bad for Ruth and then sometimes I wanted to hang her myself. There are many twists and turns in this book and those are wonderful in themselves because it keeps you guessing. In the end I was sad that the book ended and I am glad there is a sequel to this book. I would recommend this book to anyone that that likes historical fiction.

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andiclem

On the fence on this one........

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 24, 2014

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How sad it must have been for the author to uncover the nature of this ancestor. All I can say is that reading about this was like the compulsion to stare at a car wreck as one drives by. It took a while to get used to the stilted sentence structure that the author used so well to evoke the period, but she drew the reader along very well to the previously known conclusion revealing Ruth's sickening steps leading her toward her end. I'm not at all sure I want to continue that journey with her surviving children and guilt-ridden object of her obsession, Teague. The jury is still out on that decision for me.

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Bootsy

Very Interesting and so very sad,,,,,,

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 7, 2013

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I didn't care for this book at start but soon I was swept up with poor Ruth and the
many situations she dealt with at such a young age. In the 1700's propriety was
beyond human understanding so when rebellion lifted its mighty head Ruth
did what she felt right in her childish heart.

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Lisa A. Rahmlow

You're missing out if you don't read this series.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 15, 2012

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I loved this book. Once I started to read it, I really couldn't put it down. The book was an easy read. Characters were well developed and essential to the story line. It was definitely a shocker. Full of suspense and heart ache. LOVED IT!!! I can't wait to get started on the next book.

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V. Turner

Compelling

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 3, 2013

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Not only has Ms. Scott recreated the early history of rural America through impeccable research, she has uncovered the ghastly secret of one of her ancestors with a deft hand and understanding heart.

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F. Thiercof

Ruth

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 3, 2017

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This story left me with a very bad feeling. Haunting. Really in a dark place. I don't know if I liked it or not!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 24, 2015

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I loved this book, and am suggesting it as a book club selection. I love reading historical books, as it gives me a glimpse of life in this time period, and the challenges of a woman coming of age.

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LadyJaguar

As cosy as a barbed wire blanket. Don't be fooled...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 2, 2013

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Regarding Ruth is the first story in a group of four, and tells the story, based on fact, of the author's ancestor, Ruth Chernock. Ruth's life is short and sad. Raped at the age of 16, and denied the hand in marriage of her true love, she spends the next few years pining and scheming until she is tried for murder at 23. In between, she turns from a beautiful, slightly spoilt and idealistic young girl to one who kill children seemingly without any emotional anguish whatsoever.

Over the years I've read a lot of American historical fiction, and I know that life in the 1700's was brutal, often short and women were treated like property for most of the time. Ruth's marriage to Tobias seems better than some. He treats her with patience and respect even as she makes it obvious she loves another man. I was not sure how realistic this would be but in the end it does not matter. The language is beautiful and utterly convincing, with an accomplished feeling of the time and place. The story wraps itself around you like a homespun quilt, before attempting to strangle you with it's seemingly casual horror as the story unfolds.

I will be reading the rest of the series, as the characters are so compelling and I want to know what happens to them. This story is on a par with These Is My Words,one of my favourite American history novels. I tried not to compare them, but it was inevitable, and it did not disappoint.

Maria

Regarding Ruth

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 24, 2013

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The book opens with Ruth being hanged.
By the time it finished I'd been back and forth between pity and disgust many times.
As Ruth's story progressed it provoked a lot of questions about society both then and now.
Following the hanging the story starts when Ruth was an innocent young woman of fifteen. The author carefully builds sympathy for the wilfull young woman excitedly looking forward to her future life with the man she loves, Teague. As events unfold that sympathy is increasingly stretched. Ruth's dreams and mental stability are damaged by the men who control her life but ultimately her actions are motivated by her own selfishness and jealousy. Strands of sympathy are maintained because while her actions are cruel and unforgiveable the author shows her reasoning as child like and suggests she does not really understand the implications of her actions.
The sympathetic portrayal of Ruth leads to the question if she was not wholly responsible for her crimes then who was? Her father, Tobias, Teague or society in general?
If these events happened today would Ruth have been deemed mentally unfit to stand trial? Would there be talk of depression and it be argued she was just as much a victim herself? Or would today's public bay for her blood and label her evil and selfish?
In summary a well written and thought provoking novel

Yvonne Lee

A Fascinating Story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 1, 2014

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What a fascinating story, full of drama, twists and turns.
Being English, I loved reading about American history of that time. Also knowing the heroin, Ruth was an ancestor of the author, made the story even more amazing.
Ms Scott, is a wonderful writer, she draws the reader into the life of those times, and in most cases it was a hard life, especially for a woman.
Even though there are a lot of characters, it was easy to keep track of them all. At first I found the language a little strange, but soon got used to it. I don’t want to say too much, at the risk of giving the story away.
This book is packed with drama and action, and took my emotions all over the place.
For me, the tragic event at the end of the book, which led to Ruth being hanged, came as a huge surprise.
When I first started the book, I wondered if I was going to like it as it’s not my usual genre. However, the more I read, the more it pulled me in, until I was lost in Ruth’s world, and found myself reading late into the night…desperate to find out what was going to happen to this naive, childish, and very likable girl.
This a great book and not one I will forget in a hurry!

ngaire

Compelling read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 28, 2013

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The story starts with Ruth Chernock being hung at the age of 23. The reader travels back to when Ruth was 15 where we learn about the events that took place throughout her life that marred her future. Regarding Ruth is a well written and structured story. Kim Scott paints a vivid picture with her lovely descriptions, and the reader can get a real feel for life at that time; catching glimpses of life in Maine, America during 18th century. Kim Scott's style of writing is articulate and crisp. For sure I will be reading the next instalment in the Ruth Chernock series.

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lindathomason

Totally absorbing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 28, 2012

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I read this book after hearing about it on Facebook. It's not my normal read but started reading with an open mind. Wow! From beginning to end it races along, absorbing you in, the characters are both charming yet terrifying in their own way, the story line is fast moving and my emotions ran high as you remember that what is happening in the book would have been what happened in the era it's set in - Would I recommend this book - you bet I would and i'm just off to buy the next in the trilogy.

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