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As the fights with her stepfather increase, Ruth, a Jewish South African teenager, spends more time at her boyfriend's house, trying to hide her less-than-womanly figure and becoming more aware of her country's oppressive system of apartheid.
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2 editions- Other · English · 1993Dutton Children's Books · 233 pages · 9780525451617
- Other · English · 1992Faber & Faber, Incorporated · 9780571165889
Race relationsJewsStepfathersFamily problemsFictionSelf-acceptance
