'How was I to know that this rambling country Paradise couldn't last? They say we're in the bloom of youth. Ripe for transformation from uncouth savages to marriageable young ladies. But my sister says that out there is "real life". Bursting with passion, love, fulfilment. We've got to find it.'
For young Ruth the future beckons, rich with dreams. But this the 1950s. There's no halfway between girlhood and womanhood. So where does a schoolgirl seek life and hope? Before it slips away, beyond reach?
